Persistently high HIV seroprevalence among adult tuberculosis patients at a tertiary care centre in Delhi.
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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 2005. RESULTS Of the 448 patients who presented to the TB clinic during the study period, 23 (5.1%) were previously tested HIV-positive. An additional 21 patients (4.6%) refused testing, and 30 (6.7%) were lost to follow up. Of the remaining 374 patients who consented to testing, 31 (8.3%) were found to be HIV-positive. Risk factors for HIV seropositivity included high-risk sexual behaviours (48% in HIV-TB co-infected vs. 6% in TB infected patients, P<0.001) and history of blood transfusion (23% vs. 5%; P=0.002). INTERPRETATION & CONCLUSION Previous studies from the same hospital published in 2000 and 2003 reported HIV seroprevalence among TB patients to be 0.4 and 9.4 per cent respectively. The current study documents a persistently high seropositivity among TB patients. These results emphasize the acute need for improved detection and treatment for HIV among TB patients in northern India.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Indian journal of medical research
دوره 125 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007