Successful Integration of Tuberculosis and HIV Treatment in Rural South Africa: The Sizonq'oba Study
Gandhi NR, Moll AP, Lalloo U, Pawinski R, Zeller K, Moodley P, Meyer E, Friedland G. Successful Integration of Tuberculosis and HIV Treatment in Rural South Africa: The Sizonq'oba Study. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2009, 50: 37-43. PMID: 19295333, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e31818ce6c4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTB/HIV-coinfected patientsHIV treatmentCubic millimeterCD4 count increaseDaily antiretroviral therapyImmune reconstitution eventsIntegration of tuberculosisMedian CD4 countUndetectable viral loadSevere adverse eventsDrug-resistant tuberculosisRural resource-poor settingsCause of deathHome-based therapyResource-poor settingsRural KwaZulu-NatalARV dosesTreatment defaultAntiretroviral therapyCD4 countHIV careOperational research studyTB patientsAdverse eventsObserved therapy