Publication year
2003Source
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 147, 9, (2003), pp. 369-372ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Organization
Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Diseases
Clinical Pharmacy
Journal title
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
Volume
vol. 147
Issue
iss. 9
Page start
p. 369
Page end
p. 372
Subject
EBP 3: Effective Primary Care and Public Health; UMCN 2.1: Heart, lung and circulation; UMCN 4.1: Microbial pathogenesis and host defenseAbstract
Three patients received simultaneous treatment for tuberculosis and HIV: a 23-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man who were asylum seekers from Africa and a 45-year-old woman who was an intravenous drug addict. During the treatment with antiretroviral and anti-tuberculous drugs, several problems arose: drug interactions (between rifampicine and protease inhibitors/non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors), side effects, non-compliance and immune reconstitution reactions. These problems were solved either by temporary withdrawal of the medication or by substituting other drugs. There are a number of possible treatment strategies that minimise the risks. Despite the potential problems, in patients with advanced HIV infection, antiretroviral treatment should not be delayed until after the end of the tuberculosis treatment.
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