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lüll HIV-associated tuberculosis: clinical update Swaminathan S; Padmapriyadarsini C; Narendran GClin Infect Dis 2010[May]; 50 (10): 1377-86The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic has led to an increase in the incidence of tuberculosis globally, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Coinfection with HIV leads to difficulties in both the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. Because of the poor performance of sputum smear microscopy in HIV-infected patients, more sensitive tests-such as liquid culture systems, nucleic acid amplification assays, and detection of mycobacterial products in various body fluids-are being investigated. The treatment of coinfected patients requires antituberculosis and antiretroviral drugs to be administered concomitantly; challenges include pill burden and patient compliance, drug interactions, overlapping toxic effects, and immune reconstitution syndrome. Both multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis can spread rapidly among an immunocompromised population, with resulting high mortality rates. Current guidelines recommend starting antiretroviral treatment within a few weeks of antituberculosis therapy for patients with CD4 cell counts <350 cells/microL; however, important questions about the drug regimens and timing of antiretroviral therapy remain. Ongoing trials may answer many of these unresolved questions.|Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use[MESH]|Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use[MESH]|Clinical Trials as Topic[MESH]|Disease Outbreaks[MESH]|Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial[MESH]|Guidelines as Topic[MESH]|HIV Infections/*complications/*drug therapy[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Tuberculosis/*diagnosis/*drug therapy/epidemiology[MESH] |