disseminated tuberculosis (tb) is commonly seen in hiv-infected patients and is major cause of death in these patients. in hiv-infected patients disseminated tuberculosis is frequently undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. in this article we report a case of disseminated tb in a hiv-infected patient with a relatively long history of fever and other complaints without definite diagnosis. diagnosis of dis...

background while tuberculosis (tb) can be diagnosed by microscopy and culture, the sensitivity of ziehl-neelsen staining is variable and culture results require 4 - 8 weeks to be determined. polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and its modifications, including nested pcr, might be promising methods for the rapid diagnosis of tb. objectives this study aimed to evaluate the performance of nested pcr o...

background: human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) makes infected cases prone to opportunistic infections like tuberculosis (tb) due to impaired immunity of the body, especially multi drug resistant (mdr) ones which are a major concern. with hiv outbreak starting late in the 20th century, the international health community is observing a huge rise in the incidence of this complex disease. herein, w...

background: the acceptance of hiv testing among patients with tuberculosis (tb) is low in south africa. the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence, associated factors and reasons of non-uptake of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) testing by tuberculosis public primary care patients in three districts, south africa. methods:   in may-october 2011, this cross-sectional survey was conduct...

Background Homeless people are at high risk of HIV and tuberculosis (TB) infection due to living in poor sanitary conditions and practicing high-risk behavior. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of homeless people in Tehran regarding TB and HIV.   Methods Using a convenience sampling, we performed a cross-sectional study on homeless people in Tehran f...

  Background Tuberculosis (TB) is the second-most common cause of death from infectious disease (after those due to HIV/AIDS). Roughly one-third of the world's population has been infected with M. tuberculosis, with new infections occurring in about 1% of the population each year. People with active TB can infect 10-15 other people through close contact over the course of a year. Materials and ...

results cox regression analysis showed that co-infection with hiv significantly affects the survival rate of tb patients so that the rate of death was 20.7 (8.1-53) times more than tb infected patients alone. also, married patients with tuberculosis were 2.7 times more at risk of death than single subjects. we also confirmed that in hiv/tb positive patients, married individuals were more prone ...

Background: The objective of this study was to analyse the clinical characteristics HIV+ and HIV- tuberculosis patients followed treated at Oyem Regional Hospital Centre (ORHC).
 Materials Methods: During conducted between January 2019 December 2021, data collection based on exploitation medical records registers results from analysis laboratory regional hospital Oyem, in which there were ...

it is estimated that one third of the world's population is latently infected with tuberculosis (tb). the hiv epidemic fuels the tb epidemic by increasing the risk of reactivation of latent tb infection and by facilitating a more rapid progression of tb disease. although the incidence of tb is constant or decreasing in many regions of the world, rates remain high in developing countries as a co...