title: High mortality among patients with AIDS who received a diagnosis of tuberculosis in the first 3 months of antiretroviral therapy.
abstract: We analyzed mortality among 201 patients with AIDS and tuberculosis in Haiti. Patients who received a diagnosis of tuberculosis during the first 3 months after the initiation of antiretroviral therapy were 3.25 times more likely to die than were other patients with AIDS and tuberculosis. Failure to recognize active tuberculosis at initiation of antiretroviral therapy leads to increased mortality.
authors.affiliation: Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. skoenig@partners.org
authors.forename: Serena P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Koenig
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Riviere
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leger
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Severe
authors.forename: Kea
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jean W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Pape
authors.forename: Daniel W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006205:Haiti; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality*; D055815:Young Adult