Abstract:
:Management of tuberculosis (TB)-HIV co-infection is complicated by interactions between the diseases and their therapies. We developed and evaluated a strategy to (i) treat co-infected patients in a single co-infection clinic, (ii) maximize use of first-line drugs, (iii) delay antiretroviral therapy (ART) until two months post-TB treatment except in severe immunosuppression, (iv) commence efavirenz at 600 mg daily with therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) and (v) target treatment completion. We conducted a prospective cohort review over 5.5 years in a UK tertiary referral center where 56 HIV-positive patients treated for TB were followed-up for a median 30 months. Main outcome measures were treatment completion, adverse events, immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, immunological and virological parameters, and TDM for efavirenz. Treatment completion rates were 88% (49/56); four patients were lost to local follow-up and three (5.4%) died during treatment; no deaths were TB-related. Adverse events were common (55%), but caused no treatment interruptions. Standard doses (600 mg daily) of efavirenz with rifampicin achieved or exceeded therapeutic levels in 25/28 (89%). This study supports combined management for TB-HIV co-infected patients. Delaying ART to two months post-TB treatment did not seem to result in poor clinical outcomes in this well-resourced context. Although efavirenz 600 mg daily usually achieved satisfactory levels, TDM is recommended.
journal_name
Int J STD AIDSjournal_title
International journal of STD & AIDSauthors
Wake RM,Poulikakos P,Groth J,Harrison TS,Macallan DCdoi
10.1177/0956462412472431subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-04-01 00:00:00pages
263-8issue
4eissn
0956-4624issn
1758-1052pii
0956462412472431journal_volume
24pub_type
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