Journal of Tropical Diseases and Parasitology ›› 2021, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (2): 61-63.

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New improvement is needed in diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis among AIDS patients 

SUN Jian-jun,LIU Li,LU Hong-zhou    

  1. Department of Infection and Immunity,Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center,Shanghai 201508,China
  • Online:2021-04-20 Published:2021-04-22

Abstract: Both AIDS and tuberculosis are infectious diseases that seriously affect human health. At present,many difficulties exist in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in patients with AIDS. In order to further promote the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis among AIDS victims,the professional committee of AIDS combined with Tuberculosis of China Association for the Prevention and Treatment of STD / AIDS was established in Shanghai on November 28,2020 with the solid support of China Association for the Prevention and Treatment of STD / AIDS. This comment briefly introduces the current situation of AIDS complicated with tuberculosis in China and abroad,analyzes the real-word difficulties in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in AIDS patients,and prospects the future work and goals of the committee of AIDS complicated with Tuberculosis,so as to raise the continuous progress of the diagnosis and treatment of AIDS co-infected with tuberculosis in China.

Key words: AIDS, Tuberculosis, Co-infection, Diagnosis, Treatment

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