OBJECTIVE To document the incidence and prevalence of HIV infection and TB in patients attending a rural Kenyan hospital. DESIGN A retrospective analysis of newly diagnosed HIV and TB-infected patients, HIV and TB-related admissions, and results of blood donor screening for HIV from 1993 to 1997. SETTING PCEA Chogoria Hospital, Eastern Province, Kenya. SUBJECTS Patients diagnosed with HIV...

We propose a population model for TB-HIV/AIDS coinfection transmission dynamics, which considers antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection and treatments for latent and active tuberculosis. The HIV-only and TB-only sub-models are analyzed separately, as well as the TB-HIV/AIDS full model. The respective basic reproduction numbers are computed, equilibria and stability are studied. Optimal contro...

Indonesia is one of the six countries with a high burden TB and HIV. The prevalence TB-HIV cases at all ages as much 4.9%; study aimed to provide an assessment PITC implementation in coverage low HIV detection among patients. This descriptive, analytic, cross-sectional consecutive sampling method. Data used this research was secondary data collected from January until December 2017 conducted 5 ...

BACKGROUND In 2010, WHO expanded previously-recommended indications for anti-retroviral treatment to include all HIV-infected TB patients irrespective of CD4 count. India, however, still limits ART to those TB patients with CD4 counts <350/mm(3) or with extrapulmonary TB manifestations. We sought to evaluate the additional number of patients that would be initiated on ART if India adopted the c...

The HIV and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) epidemics are closely linked. In Thailand as part of a sentinel surveillance system, we collected data prospectively about pulmonary TB cases treated in public clinics. A subset of HIV-infected TB patients identified through this system had additional data collected for a research study. We conducted multivariate analysis to identify factor...

BACKGROUND Linkage of healthcare services for tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a major challenge in resource-limited settings. Our operational research aimed to evaluate the linkage between TB and HIV services in a rural area of Zambia, and to explore factors associated with the enrolment of TB/HIV co-infected patients in HIV care services. METHODS All TB patie...

Objective: In developing countries like India, the fatality rate of tuberculosis (TB) coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is still at high and imposes significant challenge among physicians. The present study was conducted to evaluate management outcomes combined antiretroviral therapy (ART) chemotherapy or cotrimoxazole preventive (CPT) in TB/HIV co-infected patients. Methods: o...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) is an important cause of human suffering and death. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB), and extensive drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) have emerged as threats to TB control. The association between MDR-TB and HIV infection has not yet been fully investigated. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize the ev...

Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) increases the risk of tuberculosis (TB), and HIV TB coinfection is associated with higher mortality. This study aimed to characterize patients coinfected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and HIV in a reference centre for cases involving complications or drug resistance in TB. This retrospective cohort study was conducted at a Hospital for Tropica...

BACKGROUND A large and compelling clinical evidence base has shown that integrated TB and HIV services leads to reduction in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)- and tuberculosis (TB)-associated mortality and morbidity. Despite official policies and guidelines recommending TB and HIV care integration, its poor implementation has resulted in TB and HIV remaining the commonest causes of death in s...