Abstract:HIV-tuberculosis coinfection is complex partly because rifamycins reduce therapeutic levels of protease inhibitors and nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, leading to potential virological failure. One therapeutic option is to use nucleos(t)ide-only regimens that have minimal interactions with antituberculous therapy. We report the largest published series of HIV-tuberculosis coinfected patients successfully treated with nucleos(t)ide regimens and antituberculous therapy. This group achieved similar… Show more
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