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Background: Opportunistic Infections in HIV are major determinants of mortality in HIV patients. Tuberculosis is a leading cause of mortality. Tuberculosis is a public health challenge specially in developing countries like India. The incidence of TB HIVco-infection is gradually increasing. Methods: This was institution based, retrospective study. Study was conducted at ART Centre, North Bengal Medical College & Hospital, Sushruta Nagar, Darjeeling, West Bengal from January 2015 to January 2020 including 105 HIV-TB co-infected patients. Data was collected and template was generated in MS excel sheet and analysis was done on SPSS software. Results: 105, HIV-TB co-infected patients were registered with majority being male (n=79), mean age for male and female patients were 36.78 years and 35.73 years respectively.. The number of patients diagnosed with Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) and Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) were almost equal. Majority of patients (34.3%) had CD4 counts |
