Tuberculosis Screening and Active Tuberculosis among HIV-Infected Persons in a Canadian Tertiary Care Centre

Paul Brassard; Travis Salway Hottes; Richard G Lalonde; Marina B Klein

doi:10.1155/2009/658382

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2009)

Tuberculosis Screening and Active Tuberculosis among HIV-Infected Persons in a Canadian Tertiary Care Centre

Paul Brassard,
Travis Salway Hottes,
Richard G Lalonde,
Marina B Klein

Affiliations

Paul Brassard: Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Canada
Travis Salway Hottes: Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Canada
Richard G Lalonde: Department of Medicine, Divisions of Infectious Diseases/Immunodeficiency, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Marina B Klein: Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/658382
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20, no. 2
pp. 51 – 57

Abstract

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RATIONALE: HIV infection increases the risk of reactivation of latent tuberculosis (TB). The present study evaluates how latent TB is detected and treated to determine the effectiveness of screening in HIV-infected patients with diverse risk profiles.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

ISSN: 1712-9532 (Print); 1918-1493 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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