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Tuberculosis With HIV/AIDS
Tuberculosis is particularly problematic among people with HIV and AIDS. Because these people have compromised immune systems, they are less likely to be able to keep a latent TB infection in check and more likely to have that infection progress rapidly to active TB disease. Some AIDS drugs reduce the effectiveness of drugs used to treat TB, so people with HIV who are being treated for TB may need to temporarily stop taking some of their antiretroviral drugs, adjust doses, or switch to other drugs. Drug-resistant TB can be deadly in people with HIV.
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