HIV infection and multidrug resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Zeeba Zahra SultanaFarhana Ul HoqueJoseph BeyeneMd Akhlak-Ul-IslamMd Hasinur Rahman KhanShakil AhmedDelwer Hossain HawladerAhmed Hossain

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)

Such findings indicate that HIV infection raises the risk of MDR-TB, and after contrasting it with the results of the earlier pooled study, it appeared to be an upward risk trend. Moreover, we found that the risk is the highest in the South-East Asian region. A balanced allocation of resources is needed to halt both primary and secondary MDR-TB, particularly in HIV infected people with 40 years of age and older.

Keyphrases

multidrug resistant
antiretroviral therapy
hiv infected
mycobacterium tuberculosis
drug resistant
gram negative
acinetobacter baumannii
hiv aids
klebsiella pneumoniae
human immunodeficiency virus
randomized controlled trial
escherichia coli
community dwelling
phase iii