Abstract
To the Editor: In their excellent article on tuberculosis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (June 6 issue), Barnes et al.1 mention but do not emphasize a point that adds greatly to the urgency of controlling the spread of tuberculosis to HIV-infected persons: the manner in which HIV infection accelerates the development of tuberculosis when tuberculin-negative HIV-infected persons are infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.2 That HIV infection can cause a dormant tuberculosis infection to become active is widely known,3 but that it can accelerate the course of a new infection is not. In 1989 Di Perri et al.2 reported.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1882-1884 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | New England Journal of Medicine |
Volume | 325 |
Issue number | 26 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 26 1991 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)