title: Tuberculosis complicating hepatitis C treatment in HIV-infected patients.
abstract: Tuberculosis characteristics and incidence were assessed among patients with concurrent human immunodeficiency virus infection and chronic hepatitis C virus infection who were receiving interferon-based therapy at 3 hospitals in Spain. Four of 570 patients (0.7 cases per 100 person-years; 95% confidence interval, 0.19-1.78 cases per 100 person-years) received a diagnosis of tuberculosis; all of them presented with a decrease in CD4+ cell count before diagnosis, and 3 of them received a delayed diagnosis. After tuberculosis treatment, all patients were cured.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Ramon y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain. mjperez@telefonica.net
authors.forename: Maria Jesús
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pérez-Elías
authors.forename: Lucía
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: García-San Miguel
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: González García
authors.forename: Maria Luisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Montes Ramírez
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muriel
authors.forename: Jose M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Machín-Lázaro
authors.forename: Aida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez-Baltanás
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zamora
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martín-Dávila
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Quereda
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gómez-Mampaso
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moreno
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007372:Interferons / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D007372:Interferons