Author’s response to reviews Title: The impact of HIV status and antiretroviral treatment on TB treatment outcomes of new tuberculosis patients attending co-located TB and ART services in South Africa: a retrospective cohort study Authors:
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Title: The impact of HIV status and antiretroviral treatment on TB treatment outcomes of new tuberculosis patients attending co-located TB and ART services in South Africa: a retrospective cohort study Authors: Mweete Nglazi ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Linda-Gail Bekker ([email protected]) Robin Wood ([email protected]) Richard Kaplan ([email protected]) Version: 2 Date: 19 Oct 2015 Author’s response to reviews: 19 October 2015 The Editor, BMC Infectious Diseases Journal INFD-D-15-00103R2 "The impact of HIV status and antiretroviral treatment on TB treatment outcomes of new tuberculosis patients attending co-located TB and ART services in South Africa: a retrospective cohort study"
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The impact of HIV status and antiretroviral treatment on TB treatment outcomes of new tuberculosis patients attending co-located TB and ART services in South Africa: a retrospective cohort study.
BACKGROUND The implementation of collaborative TB-HIV services is challenging. We, therefore, assessed TB treatment outcomes in relation to HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy (ART) among TB patients attending a primary care service with co-located ART and TB clinics in Cape Town, South Africa. METHODS In this retrospective cohort study, all new TB patients aged ≥ 15 years who registered...
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