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Global Tuberculosis Report -- 2012.pdf

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BOX 7.1Accelerating progress in providing ART to TB patients living with HIVPeople with HIV-associated TB have a high risk of mortality. For example, in autopsy studies of people who were HIV-positive, TB wasidentifi ed in 30–79%. 1,2 Expanding access to ART will have a signifi cant impact on mortality among HIV-positive TB patients, in additionto reducing the risk of developing TB among people living with HIV who do not have active TB.Since 2010, WHO has recommended ART for TB patients regardless of CD4 cell-count. Furthermore, the optimum time to start ART inpatients with HIV-associated TB has now been established in three large randomized controlled trials. 3,4,5 These studies collectivelyshowed that ART should be given concurrently with TB treatment regardless of CD4 cell-count. The risk of AIDS and death in those withprofound immunosuppression (CD4 cell-count

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