Association between clinical characteristics and TB investigation results in HIV-infected children treated for TB at a government sector paediatric HIV clinic in Soweto, South Africa

Fairlie, Lee2014-09-102014-09-102014http://hdl.handle.net/10539/15487A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, in fulfillment of the Masters of Medicine in Paediatrics (MMED)Paediatric HIV Clinic, Harriet Shezi Children's Clinic in an academic hospital, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto, South Africa. OBJECTIVE: To describe and compare clinical, immunological and virological characteristics of HIV-infected children co-treated for TB, comparing those investigated microbiologically and those not, with a detailed description of microbiological TB investigation resultsenTuberculosis--in infancy & childhoodHIV Infections--in infancy & childhoodAssociation between clinical characteristics and TB investigation results in HIV-infected children treated for TB at a government sector paediatric HIV clinic in Soweto, South AfricaThesis