The HIV-tuberculosis time bomb: how can hospitals in developing countries cope?
The treatment of the ever-increasing number of people in developing tuberculosis as a consequence of the AIDS epidemic is becoming a new challenge in hospitals. Policies are needed that will ensure high detection anc cure rates, especially of the adult smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis case--the main cause of transmission. Decisions may be required on: case management procedures; counseling; prioritizing in-patient care; out-patient-based supervised care, where feasible; identifying human, material and financial resources to cope with the HIV-related tuberculosis epidemic.
Walley
J
J
Nuffield Institute for Health.
D000328:Adult; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003906:Developing Countries; D016527:Drug Costs; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000517:prevention & control; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014944:World Health Organization