Combined antiretroviral and antituberculosis drug resistance following incarceration

Katharine Elizabeth Stott; Tulio de Oliveira; Richard John Lessells

doi:10.4102/sajhivmed.v14i3.67

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine (Sep 2013)

Combined antiretroviral and antituberculosis drug resistance following incarceration

Katharine Elizabeth Stott,
Tulio de Oliveira,
Richard John Lessells

Affiliations

Katharine Elizabeth Stott: Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Mtubatuba, South Africa
Tulio de Oliveira: Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Mtubatuba, South Africa; Research Department of Infection, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Richard John Lessells: Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Mtubatuba, South Africa; Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v14i3.67
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 3
pp. 135 – 137

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We describe a case of HIV/tuberculosis (TB) co-infection from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, characterised by drug resistance in both pathogens. The development of drug resistance was linked temporally to two periods of incarceration. This highlights the urgent need for improved integration of HIV/TB control strategies within prison health systems and within the broader public health framework.

Published in Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine

ISSN: 1608-9693 (Print); 2078-6751 (Online)
Publisher: AOSIS
Country of publisher: South Africa
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://sajhivmed.org.za/index.php/hivmed

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