Early HAART during TB treatment boosts survival rate in people co-infected with HIV and TB, study finds
Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 09:14
in Health & Medicine
A clinical trial in Cambodia has found it possible to prolong the survival of untreated HIV-infected adults with very weak immune systems and newly diagnosed tuberculosis by starting anti-HIV therapy two weeks after beginning TB treatment, rather than waiting eight weeks, as has been standard.