Tuberculosis Coinfection

This section includes all files related to TB/HIV coinfection. See the Links page for this topic for additional resources.

Guidelines

	Updated Guidelines for the Use of Rifamycins for the Treatment of Tuberculosis Among HIV-Infected Patients Taking Protease Inhibitors or Nonnucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MMWR. 53(02);37 Date: 01/23/2004
	Treatment of Tuberculosis Source: American Thoracic Society; CDC and Infectious Diseases Society of America Date: 06/20/2003 MMWR 2003; 52 (No. RR-11) Note: The CDC's Division of Tuberculosis Elimination maintains a comprehensive set of TB-related guidelines and has numerous TB-related slide sets available for download or order.
	Guidelines for Using the QuantiFERON-TB Test for Diagnosing Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Source: Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC; MMWR, 52(RR02);15-18. Date: 01/31/2003 Note: Also available in PDF format.
	Targeted Tuberculin Testing and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection [PDF 350K] Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention MMWR, 49(RR-6) Date: 06/09/2000
	Prevention and Treatment of Tuberculosis Among Patients Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Principles of Therapy and Revised Recommendations [PDF 760K] Source: MMWR, Vol. 47, No. RR-20 Date: 10/30/1998
	Anergy Skin Testing and Preventive Therapy for HIV-Infected Persons: Revised Recommendations [PDF 195K] Source: MMWR Date: 09/05/1997

Patient Information

	Take Steps to Control Tuberculosis (TB) When You Have HIV Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; New Jersey Medical School and National Tuberculosis Center Date: 12/2005
	Tuberculosis AIDS Info Net fact sheet. Available in English and Spanish, and in Adobe PDF and Microsoft Word formats. Source: Mountain-Plains AETC

Reference Materials

HIV/AIDS Clinician Toolkit Date: 08/2005 Source: AETC National Resource Center The CD-ROM contains key HIV-related U.S. federal treatment and prevention guidelines and recommendations paired with training slide sets, reference materials and clinician support tools, a new curriculum: "Incorporating HIV Prevention into the Medical Care of Persons Living with HIV" from a PTC / AETC collaborative group, patient education information, and more. Order free copies from the National Resource Center, email: nrc@aidsetc.org.

Slide Sets

	Treating Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents Date: 12/17/2004 Source: CDC; Infectious Diseases Society of America and National Institutes of Health Note: see the AIDSinfo web site for current version of the guidelines. Mycobacterial Infections [PPT 319 KB] Note: 55 slides covering MTB and MAC.
	Tuberculosis Update [PPT 1.5 MB] Date: 03/2004 Author:  Jacqueline Peterson Tulsky, MD Source: Pacific AETC Note: Presentation from the Pacific/NW faculty development conference. 46 slides.
	Tuberculosis Slide Sets [Link ] Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination Note: Topics include surveillance, a core training curriculum, and prevention in health care settings. Limited coinfection information.

Online Training

	HIV Web Study [Online ] Date: 2006 Source: Northwest AETC Note: Online resource designed to meet the HIV clinical care education needs of primary care providers with various levels of HIV clinical care knowledge and experience. Includes interactive, clinically relevant case studies. Recently expanded, with the addition of 4 new cases covering special populations: Methamphetamine Use and HIV, Heroin Use and HIV, HIV Infections in the Correctional Setting, Transgender Women and HIV
	Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center Online Courses [Link ] Note: Self-paced online courses and online-only resources. The interactive courses provide the learner with tools, case studies, and resources that can improve TB control and prevention practice. Individuals responsible for training and education can download the online resources to support and strengthen education activities. Several of the courses have CEUs available. The courses and training materials are offered at no charge.
	Treating the HIV and TB Co-Infected Patient in the Correctional Setting [Link ] Date: 12/01/2004 Authors:  Douglas Fish, MD; Debbie Winters, APRN-BC, AACRN; Dion Richetti, DC and Lee Reichman, MD, MPH Source: New York/New Jersey AETC and New Jersey Medical School National Tuberculosis Center at UMDNJ Note: Online course developed to update clinicians working with incarcerated individuals on the management of TB and HIV co-infection in the correctional setting. CEUs offered. Expiration date: December 2005.
	HIV and Tuberculosis: A Spark that Lights the Fire [Online, Windows Media, PDF, PowerPoint ] Date: 2004 Presenter: David Ashkin, MD Source: Florida/Caribbean AETC Note: Case-based discussion of TB, including photographs, x-rays, treatment and results. Epidemiology and statistics are also presented, along with the relationship between HIV and TB. Diagnosis of TB infection, treatment tools and guidelines, and public health goals for TB are additional components of this training. CME/CEC offered.