Viral hepatitis and HIV-associated tuberculosis: risk factors and TB treatment outcomes in Thailand.

Background: The occurrence of tuberculosis (TB), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and viral hepatitis infections in the same patient poses unique clinical and public health challenges, because medications to treat TB and HIV are hepatotoxic. We conducted an observational study to evaluate risk factors for HBsAg and/or anti-HCV reactivity and to assess differences in adverse events and TB treatment outcomes among HIV-infected TB patients.

Methods: Patients were evaluated at the beginning, during, and at the end of TB treatment.

Childhood TB epidemiology and treatment outcomes in Thailand: a TB active surveillance network, 2004 to 2006.

Background: Of the 9.2 million new TB cases occurring each year, about 10% are in children. Because childhood TB is usually non-infectious and non-fatal, national programs do not prioritize childhood TB diagnosis and treatment.