Incidence of tuberculosis and mycobacteriosis among HIV-infected patients - clinical and epidemiological analysis of patients from north-eastern Poland.

CONCLUSION: In our material of 389 HIV-infected patients, tuberculosis was diagnosed in 41 (10.5%) and mycobacterial diseases in 4 (1.03%). In 42% of co-infected patients (HIV+TB or mycobacteriosis) the diagnosis of both diseases was made at the same time. In these patients, a deep deficit of cellular immunity (CD4 < 50 cells/μL) was observed more frequently than in patients diagnosed with TB or mycobacteriosis in the later course of HIV. HIV RNA viral load was significantly higher in the group diagnosed simultaneously than in the remaining patients with HIV and TB or mycobacteriosis coinfection. PMID: 24142779 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Pneumonol Alergol Pol Source Type: research