The Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Jun 1;57(2):136-40. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182199ee9.
We studied the time interval between starting tuberculosis treatment and commencing antiretroviral treatment (ART) in HIV-infected patients (n = 1433; median CD4 count 71 cells per microliter, interquartile range: 32-132) attending 3 South African township ART services between 2002 and 2008. The overall median delay was 2.66 months (interquartile range: 1.58-4.17). In adjusted analyses, delays varied between treatment sites but were shorter for patients with lower CD4 counts and those treated in more recent calendar years. During the most recent period (2007-2008), 4.7%, 19.7%, and 51.1% of patients started ART within 2, 4, and 8 weeks of tuberculosis treatment, respectively. Operational barriers must be tackled to permit further acceleration of ART initiation as recommended by 2010 WHO ART guidelines.
我们研究了感染 HIV 的患者(n = 1433;CD4 计数中位数为每微升 71 个细胞,四分位间距:32-132)开始结核病治疗和开始抗逆转录病毒治疗(ART)之间的时间间隔,这些患者在 2002 年至 2008 年间在南非 3 个乡镇的 ART 服务机构就诊。总体中位数延迟为 2.66 个月(四分位间距:1.58-4.17)。在调整分析中,延迟在治疗地点之间有所不同,但 CD4 计数较低的患者和最近几年接受治疗的患者的延迟较短。在最近的时期(2007-2008 年),分别有 4.7%、19.7%和 51.1%的患者在结核病治疗后 2、4 和 8 周内开始接受 ART。为了允许按照 2010 年世卫组织 ART 指南的建议进一步加速开始接受 ART,必须解决业务障碍。