Tuberculosis in HIV-negative and HIV-infected patients in a low-incidence country: clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes

Fenner, Lukas; Gagneux, Sebastien; Janssens, Jean-Paul; Fehr, Jan; Cavassini, Matthias; Hoffmann, Matthias; Bernasconi, Enos; Schrenzel, Jacques; Bodmer, Thomas; Böttger, Erik C; Helbling, Peter; Egger, Matthias

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034186

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Tuberculosis in HIV-negative and HIV-infected patients in a low-incidence country: clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes

ContributorsFenner, Lukas; Gagneux, Sebastien; Janssens, Jean-Paul; Fehr, Jan; Cavassini, Matthias; Hoffmann, Matthias; Bernasconi, Enos; Schrenzel, Jacques; Bodmer, Thomas; Böttger, Erik C; Helbling, Peter; Egger, Matthias

Published inPloS one, vol. 7, no. 3, e34186

Publication date2012

Abstract

In Switzerland and other developed countries, the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases has been decreasing for decades, but HIV-infected patients and migrants remain risk groups. The aim of this study was to compare characteristics of TB in HIV-negative and HIV-infected patients diagnosed in Switzerland, and between coinfected patients enrolled and not enrolled in the national Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS).

Keywords

Adult
CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
Cohort Studies
Comorbidity
Female
HIV Infections/complications/epidemiology/virology
HIV Seropositivity
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Risk
Switzerland
Transients and Migrants
Treatment Outcome
Tuberculosis/complications/epidemiology/virology

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

Génomique et microbiote (604)

Citation (ISO format)

FENNER, Lukas et al. Tuberculosis in HIV-negative and HIV-infected patients in a low-incidence country: clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes. In: PloS one, 2012, vol. 7, n° 3, p. e34186. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034186

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PID : unige:28373
DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0034186
PMID : 22479556

Journal ISSN1932-6203

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