O'Donnell, M.RPadayatchi, NDaftary, AOrrell, CDooley, K.ERivet Amico, KFriedland, G2025-03-022025-03-022019-03-04O'Donnell MR, Padayatchi N, Daftary A, Orrell C, Dooley KE, Rivet Amico K, Friedland G. Antiretroviral switching and bedaquiline treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis HIV co-infection. Lancet HIV. 2019 Mar;6(3):e201-e204. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(19)30035-9.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30846058/https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(19)30035-9https://hdl.handle.net/11288/598171Bedaquiline, a potent new therapy for drug-resistant tuberculosis, results in improved survival including in HIV patients with multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. In line with WHO recommendations, in South Africa and other low-income and middle-income settings, antiretroviral therapy is switched from generic fixed-dose combination efavirenz-containing regimens to twice-daily nevirapine with separate companion pills because of interactions between efavirenz and bedaquiline. Early data suggest a signal for low antiretroviral therapy adherence after this antiretroviral therapy switch. Mortality and other tuberculosis-specific benefits noted with bedaquiline treatment in multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis HIV might be compromised by HIV viral failure, and emergent antiretroviral resistance. Programmatic responses, such as adherence support and dual pharmacovigilance, should be instituted; antiretroviral therapy initiation with fixed-dose combinations without bedaquiline drug interactions should be strongly considered.enArticle