Background TB-HIV co-infection is one of the biggest public health challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. Although there is a wealth of information on TB-HIV co-infection among settled populations in Africa and elsewhere, to our knowledge, there are no published reports on TB-HIV co-infection from pastoral communities. In this study, we report the prevalence of TB, HIV and TB-HIV co-infection among ...

Methods 106 patients were studied in 4 groups: 39 HIV/TB coinfected individuals (HIV+/TB+), 25 patients with HIV infection, 17 HIV-negative patients with active pulmonary TB (HIV-/TB+) and 25 healthy controls. Measures of T-cells and viral load were at baseline and after initiation of HAART and/or antitubercular therapy (4 and 12 weeks) for potential immune correlates of disease progression and...

BACKGROUND In India, TB and HIV co-infection remains as a serious public health problem. From 2006 onwards, the intensified TB-HIV collaborative activities are being jointly implemented by National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) and Revised National TB Control programme (RNTCP) at high HIV burden states. OBJECTIVES To determine (a) the predictors of outcome among a cohort of HIV-TB co-infected...

To the Editor: Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of illness and death among HIV-1–infected patients in sub-Saharan Africa (1–3), but valid data on the population-level interaction between the TB and HIV epidemics are scarce (4). Our objective was to determine the extent of this dual epidemic in our setting, a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. We did this by introducing bedside TB and...

Results HIV TB co infection was observed in 6.8% (51/750) of the studied population. Male:female ratio is 7.5:1. Maximum cases 29 (56.8%) were in the age group of 36-50 years. Ratio of cases in Udupi: Kundapura: Karkala Taluks was 18:22:11. 42(82.3%) cases belong to category 1 whereas 9 (17.6%) were of category 2. Multi drug resistance was detected in 3 out of 47 (5.8%) culture positive HIV TB ...

People living with HIV (PLHIV) have more than a 20-fold increased risk of TB compared to HIV-uninfected people. (1) Diagnosing TB is a particular challenge among PLHIV who are more likely to have smear-negative pulmonary TB. This results in a delay in the detection of TB and in subsequent start of treatment. As a result, HIV-related TB deaths are a significant public health problem facing HIV-p...

Realizar uma análise do HIV como fator de risco para o desfecho óbito em pacientes coinfectados por Tuberculose no município Santos – SP entre 2006 e 2016. Estudo com delineamento retrospectivo composto 18850 casos notificados na Baixada Santista A base dados foi obtida junto ao Centro Vigilância Epidemiológica Estado São Paulo (CVE-SP). Durante período estudo, foram 1984 coinfecção TB/HIV, rep...

BACKGROUND This study assessed factors associated with TB/HIV co-infection among TB patients managed in a secondary health facility in Lagos Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review of treatment cards of patients seen at a secondary referral hospital between January 1 2014 and December 31 2014 was conducted. Treatment outcomes and factors associated with TB/HIV co-infection were ...

Data on the clinical presentations and magnitude of tuberculosis (TB)-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection is limited. The objective of this study was to describe the clinical presentation and prevalence of TB-HIV co-infection among patients admitted at Muhimbili National Hospital between August 2008 and July 2009 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Of 387 TB patients included, 117 (30.2%) w...

BACKGROUND In 2004 the World Health Organization WHO) released the Interim Policy on Collaborative TB/ HIV activities. According to the policy, for people living with HIV (PLWH), activities include intensified case finding, isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) and infection control. For TB patients, activities included HIV counselling and testing HCT), prevention messages, and cotrimoxazole preve...