Incidence and predictors of tuberculosis among HIV-infected children after initiation of antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Amare Wolie KassawWorku Necho AsferieMolla AzmerawDemewoz KefaleGashaw KerebihGebrehiwot Berie MekonnenFikadie Dagnew BayeShegaw ZelekeBiruk BeletewSolomon Demis KebedeTigabu Munye AytenewLakachew Yismaw BazezewMuluken Chanie AgimasPublished in: PloS one (2024)
The study result indicated that the incidence of TB among HIV- infected children is still high. Therefore, parents/guardians should strictly follow and adjust nutritional status of their children to boost immunity, prevent undernutrition and opportunistic infections. Cotrimoxazole and isoniazid preventive therapy need to continually provide for HIV- infected children for the sake of enhancing CD4/immune cells, reduce viral load, and prevent from advanced disease stages. Furthermore, clinicians and parents strictly follow ART adherence.
Keyphrases
- hiv infected
- antiretroviral therapy
- young adults
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv aids
- hiv infected patients
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- hiv positive
- risk factors
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- skeletal muscle
- stem cells
- palliative care
- hepatitis c virus
- adipose tissue
- bone marrow
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- emergency department