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Summary
| Last updated: 01.03.06 |
- TB is the most common AIDS-defining illness worldwide.
- People with HIV can get TB when their CD4 cell count is at any level and pass it on to other people.
- TB can be active, causing illness, or latent, which could cause illness in the future.
- TB can be treated, but it is necessary to take the drugs properly over many months.
- TB drugs can interact with anti-HIV drugs, meaning that the doses of both the anti-HIV and the anti-TB drugs you take may need to be adjusted.
- Some strains of TB are multidrug-resistant. This type of TB is harder to treat.
- TB in people with HIV needs expert management.
- People who have been successfully treated for TB respond just as well to HAART.