Tuberculosis complicating hepatitis C treatment in HIV-infected patients

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Apr 15;48(8):e82-5. doi: 10.1086/597503.

Abstract

Tuberculosis characteristics and incidence were assessed among patients with concurrent human immunodeficiency virus infection and chronic hepatitis C virus infection who were receiving interferon-based therapy at 3 hospitals in Spain. Four of 570 patients (0.7 cases per 100 person-years; 95% confidence interval, 0.19-1.78 cases per 100 person-years) received a diagnosis of tuberculosis; all of them presented with a decrease in CD4+ cell count before diagnosis, and 3 of them received a delayed diagnosis. After tuberculosis treatment, all patients were cured.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • CD4 Lymphocyte Count
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • Hepatitis C / complications*
  • Hepatitis C / drug therapy*
  • Humans
  • Interferons / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Tuberculin Test
  • Tuberculosis / complications*
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Interferons