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Abstract: 

Updated Guidelines In October 2004, the Panel on Clinical Practices for Treatment of HIV Infection, convened by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, updated its Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1- Infected Adults and Adolescents. (Panel on Clinical Practices, 2004). The Guidelines now include a section that discusses specific treatment considerations for patients with HIV- infection and tuberculosis. HIV-infection increases the risk of progression from latent to active tuberculosis disease by approximately 100-fold. (Whalen, 1995).

Keywords: viral load level, drug interactions, hepatotoxicity, paradoxical reactions, antiretroviral, rifamycin

Affiliations:  1: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.