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Item Effect of Empiric Anti–Mycobacterium tuberculosis Therapy on Survival Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected Adults Admitted With Sepsis to a Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda(In Open Forum Infectious Diseases., 2019) Hazard, Riley H.; Kagina, Peninah; Kitayimbwa, Richard; Male, Keneth; Mubiru, Dennis; Welikhe, Emma; Abdallah, AmirMycobacterium tuberculosis is the leading cause of bloodstream infection among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–infected patients with sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa and is associated with high mortality rates. We conducted a retrospective study of HIV-infected adults with sepsis at the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda to measure the proportion who received antituberculosis therapy and to determine the relationship between antituberculosis therapy and 28-day survival.