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SUBMITTER: Lawn SD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3717455 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lawn Stephen D SD Campbell Lucy L Kaplan Richard R Boulle Andrew A Cornell Morna M Kerschberger Bernhard B Morrow Carl C Little Francesca F Egger Matthias M Wood Robin R
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 20110601 2
We studied the time interval between starting tuberculosis treatment and commencing antiretroviral treatment (ART) in HIV-infected patients (n = 1433; median CD4 count 71 cells per microliter, interquartile range: 32-132) attending 3 South African township ART services between 2002 and 2008. The overall median delay was 2.66 months (interquartile range: 1.58-4.17). In adjusted analyses, delays varied between treatment sites but were shorter for patients with lower CD4 counts and those treated in ...[more]