YOU ARE HERE:
TB’s interaction with HIV
There is some evidence that having active TB leads to a fall in CD4 cell count and a rise in viral load which does not drop even after the TB has been treated, unless anti-HIV drugs are given.
However, people who have had TB and been successfully treated are just as likely to benefit from potent combination anti-HIV treatments (often called highly active antiretroviral therapy, or HAART for short), experiencing the same fall in viral load and increase in CD4 cell count as HIV-positive people who have never had the disease, and living just as long.