Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research (CIDER), School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 May 1;63(1):142-5. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318288b39d.
We studied the immune response after starting antiretroviral treatment (ART) in 15,646 HIV-infected patients with or without tuberculosis (TB) at presentation in 3 ART programs in South Africa between 2003 and 2010. Patients presenting with TB had similar increases in CD4 cells compared with all other patients (adjusted difference 4.9 cells/µL per 6 months, 95% confidence interval: 0.2 to 9.7). Younger age, advanced clinical stage, female sex, and lower CD4 cell count at ART start were all associated with steeper CD4 slopes. In South Africa, HIV-infected patients presenting with TB experience immune recovery after starting ART that is no worse than in other patients.
我们研究了在南非的 3 个艾滋病治疗项目中,15646 名 HIV 感染者在开始抗逆转录病毒治疗(ART)时的免疫反应,其中一些患者在就诊时患有结核病(TB),另一些没有。与所有其他患者相比,就诊时患有结核病的患者的 CD4 细胞增加情况相似(每 6 个月调整差异为 4.9 个/µL,95%置信区间:0.2 至 9.7)。年龄较小、临床分期较晚、女性以及在开始 ART 时 CD4 细胞计数较低,均与 CD4 斜率更陡峭有关。在南非,就诊时患有结核病的 HIV 感染者在开始 ART 后会经历免疫恢复,其恢复情况并不比其他患者差。