Impact of HIV on mortality among patients treated for tuberculosis in Lima, Peru: a prospective cohort study.

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Published in BMC Infect Dis on February 01, 2016

Authors

Gustavo E Velásquez1,2,3, J Peter Cegielski4, Megan B Murray5,6,7, Martin J A Yagui8,9, Luis L Asencios10, Jaime N Bayona11, César A Bonilla12, Hector O Jave13, Gloria Yale14, Carmen Z Suárez15, Eduardo Sanchez16, Christian Rojas17, Sidney S Atwood18, Carmen C Contreras19, Janeth Santa Cruz20, Sonya S Shin21,22,23,24

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. gvelasquez@bwh.harvard.edu.
2: Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. gvelasquez@bwh.harvard.edu.
3: Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. gvelasquez@bwh.harvard.edu.
4: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. gzc2@cdc.gov.
5: Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. megan_murray@hms.harvard.edu.
6: Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. megan_murray@hms.harvard.edu.
7: Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. megan_murray@hms.harvard.edu.
8: Oficina General de Investigación y Transferencia Tecnológica, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Perú. myaguim2002@yahoo.com.
9: Departamento Académico de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú. myaguim2002@yahoo.com.
10: Laboratorio Nacional de Referencia de Micobacterias, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Perú. luisasencioss@yahoo.es.
11: Health, Nutrition and Population, The World Bank Group, Washington DC, USA. jbayonagarcia@worldbank.org.
12: Estrategia Sanitaria Nacional de Prevención y Control de la Tuberculosis, Ministerio de Salud del Perú, Lima, Perú. bonasal@gmail.com.
13: Estrategia Sanitaria Nacional de Prevención y Control de la Tuberculosis, Ministerio de Salud del Perú, Lima, Perú. rigeljave2008@yahoo.es.
14: Dirección de Salud V Lima Ciudad, Programa de Control de Tuberculosis, Lima, Perú. gyclab5@yahoo.es.
15: Dirección de Salud IV Lima Este, Programa de Control de Tuberculosis, Lima, Perú. zoila118@hotmail.com.
16: Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales, Hospital Nacional Hipólito Unanue, Lima, Perú. edsanch@gmail.com.
17: Servicio de Neumología, Instituto Nacional Cardiovascular "Carlos Alberto Peschiera Carrillo", Lima, Perú. christeorc@yahoo.com.
18: Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. satwood@partners.org.
19: Partners In Health / Socios En Salud, Lima, Perú. ccontreras_ses@pih.org.
20: Partners In Health / Socios En Salud, Lima, Perú. jsantacruz_ses@pih.org.
21: Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. sshin@partners.org.
22: Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. sshin@partners.org.
23: Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. sshin@partners.org.
24: Partners In Health / Socios En Salud, Lima, Perú. sshin@partners.org.

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