TB

Double dose of dolutegravir to treat HIV in children also being treated for tuberculosis

2022

Results from a substudy of the ODYSSEY trial show that children being treated for tuberculosis (TB) and HIV at the same time can safely have the anti-HIV medicine dolutegravir twice a day. These results were published yesterday in The Lancet HIV journal.

Around 50,000 children are co-infected with both TB and HIV each year. Treating the two diseases at the same time is complicated, as a commonly used TB drug,

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