NIH-Funded Study Finds Early HAART During TB Treatment Boosts Survival Rate in Co-Infected People

Published July 23, 2010

NIH-funded study finds early HAART during TB treatment boosts survival rate in co-infected people
( NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ) A clinical trial in Cambodia has found it possible to prolong the survival of untreated HIV-infected adults with very weak immune systems and newly diagnosed tuberculosis by starting anti-HIV therapy two weeks after beginning TB treatment, rather than waiting eight weeks, as has been standard.
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