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Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Chaisson, Richard E. ; Slutkin, Gary

In: Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1989, vol. 159, no. 1, p. 96-100

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    Titre
    • Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
    Auteur
    • Chaisson, Richard E.. Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine and Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Slutkin, Gary. Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine and Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, Geneva, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1989, vol. 159, no. 1, p. 96-100. The University of Chicago Press
    Autre version électronique
    Classification
    • Santé
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:298935
    Summary
    Progressive human immunodeficiency virus infection eventually leads to activation and dissemination of a wide variety of microorganisms normally held in check by the cellular immune system. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of these pathogens, and the disease caused by it has become a common presenting infection in the patient with AIDS. Dr. Richard E. Chaisson and Dr. Gary Slutkin have studied tuberculosis in the United States and worldwide, respectively. In this AIDS Commentary they address the unique nature of this infection, its diagnosis, and its treatment in the patient with AIDS