Table 1 Patient characteristics (n=47)

Mean age (years) (SD)

39 (8.7)

Sex

Male, n (%)

30 (63.8)*

HIV infection & Antiretroviral treatment

Median nadir CD4 count (cells/μL) (IQR)

153 (85–247)

Median CD4 count at the time of evaluation (cells/μL) (IQR)

264 (158–361)

HIV viral load undetectable (<20 copies/μL) at the time of evaluation, n (%)

34 (72.3)

Median duration of antiretroviral treatment (months) (IQR)

17.5 (4–32.5)

Tuberculosis and anti-TB treatment

Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), n (%)

44 (93.6)

Extensively and extremely drug-resistant TB (XDR & XXDR-TB), n (%)

3 (6.4)

Extra-pulmonary TB

14 (29.8)

Median duration of anti-TB treatment (months) (IQR)

13 (4–21)