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  • Title: [Underdiagnosis of HIV in patients with tuberculosis].
    Author: van Altena R, van der Werf TS.
    Journal: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd; 2007 Dec 01; 151(48):2652-4. PubMed ID: 18179080.
    Abstract:
    HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis impose a large infectious burden world wide. The conditions mutually interact, both epidemiologically and biologically. The course and treatment of tuberculosis are importantly complicated by HIV co-infection. A recent study showed that in newly detected tuberculosis patients, HIV sero-testing has been consistently low in the Netherlands. Two random samples of TB cases from the national registry were analysed--1993 and 2003--before and after the introduction of effective therapy for HIV/AIDS became available. There was no significant increase in HIV sero-testing. Guidelines for the treatment of tuberculosis should include routine HIV testing.
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