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The Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on Tuberculosis and Its...

Contact Tracing and Chemoprophylaxis Contacts of HIV-infected patients with TB should be evaluated according to accepted guidelines for all TB contacts. Despite a somewhat lower proportion of...

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The Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on Tuberculosis and Its...

CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS IN HlGH-RlSK GROUPS In addition to known infected contacts of patients with TB, it is suggested that groups with high risk of HIV infection and a documented high risk of TB and all who...

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The Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on Tuberculosis and Its...

Concern has been expressed regarding the potential for the transmission of TB during pentamidine prophylaxis for PCP. In a Florida Health Clinic, 30 (42 percent) of 72 staff members had a positive PPD...

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The Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on Tuberculosis and Its...

HIV Infection and Tuberculosis in Other Developed Countries The literature on HIV infection and TB in developed countries outside North America until recently has been small, but recent data suggest a...

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The Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on Tuberculosis and Its...

Overall HIV seroprevalence rates in healthy blood donors and women attending prenatal clinics range from 1 to 18 percent. In high-risk groups such as female prostitutes this rate is as high as 80...

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The Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on Tuberculosis and Its...

Cutaneous anergy was much more common, 12 of 36 (33 percent) in HIV-seropositive patients with TB compared with 5 of 71 (7 percent) HIV-seronegative patients and 3 of 34 (9 percent) in control patients...

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The Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on Tuberculosis and Its...

A single case of disseminated BCG disease following vaccination of a patient with AIDS has been reported. A further report provides a retrospective review of BCG complications in a population of 105...

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The Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on Tuberculosis and Its...

It therefore has been recommended that BCG should not be given to symptomatic HIV-infected patients. If tuberculin skin test screening is carried out in conjunction with a program of BCG, care must be...

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The Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on Tuberculosis and Its...

Conclusion The primary goal must be to find an effective vaccine against the AIDS virus, but it seems likely that this will be delayed at least for several years. We must continue to seek to limit the...

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The Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection on Tuberculosis and Its...

Urgent research is required to establish not only the duration of chemoprophylaxis but whether a combination of drugs is indicated. Twelve months of isoniazid chemoprophylaxis has been shown to offer...

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