Screening for HIV among presumptive and microbiologically confirmed tuberculosis patients in a tertiary care hospital, Puducherry

Clinical Profile of Suspected and Confirmed H1N1 Influenza Infection in Patients admitted at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical profile and outcomes of adult patients screened and diagnosed with H1N1 influenza infection at a tertiary care hospital in India. Materials and Methods: This retrospective  study was conducted on all adult patients suspected of H1N1 influenza admitted at a teaching hospital during the epidemic period of January-March 2015. Patients were sc...

Seroprevalence of HIV infection among Tuberculosis patients in a tertiary care hospital

Diabetes mellitus among tuberculosis patients in a tertiary care hospital of Lahore.

BACKGROUND Diabetes is an important risk factor for Tuberculosis (TB) that might affect disease presentation and treatment response but has hitherto been neglected by the clinicians. There is inadequate data on the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) among TB patients in Pakistan. This study was conducted to determine the frequency of TB patients having DM. METHODS In this cross-sectional st...

Persistently high HIV seroprevalence among adult tuberculosis patients at a tertiary care centre in Delhi.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE This study was designed to estimate HIV seroprevalence among tuberculosis patients presenting to tertiary care centre in Delhi. METHODS Cross-sectional prevalence study among all patients presenting to the inpatient and outpatient departments of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, and receiving anti-tuberculosis treatment from May 2003 to April 2...

Antenatal Screening for HIV, Hepatitis B and Syphilis in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and hepatitis are common vertically transmitted diseases. Pregnant women infected with Hepatitis B virus represent a major reservoir of the virus in the community. Transmission of HBV from carrier mothers to their babies can occur during the perinatal period, and appears to be the most important factor in determining the prevalence of infection in hi...