Factors related to HIV/tuberculosis coinfection in a Brazilian reference hospital
| Autor: | Bráulio Matias de Carvalho, André Jalles Monteiro, Roberto da Justa Pires Neto, Thalles B. Grangeiro, Cristiane Cunha Frota |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Fatores de Risco
Microbiology (medical) Adult Male HIV/TB co-infection medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Adolescent Population lcsh:QR1-502 HIV Infections lcsh:Microbiology lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Mycobacterium tuberculosis Young Adult Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Internal medicine Epidemiology medicine Tuberculose Humans risk factors lcsh:RC109-216 education Cause of death Aged education.field_of_study biology business.industry HIV Middle Aged medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Surgery AIDS Infectious Diseases Clinical research Socioeconomic Factors Case-Control Studies Coinfection Female business Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 4, Pp 281-286 Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases v.12 n.4 2008 Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases (BSID) instacron:BSID Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume: 12, Issue: 4, Pages: 281-286, Published: AUG 2008 Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) instacron:UFC |
| ISSN: | 1678-4391 |
| Popis: | Infection with both Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis is currently the world's leading cause of death due to infectious agents. We evaluated factors related to the development of tuberculosis (TB) in HIV-infected patients who were being treated at an infectious diseases hospital in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil. From January 2004 to December 2005, we made an epidemiological study through the analysis of the medical records of 171 patients, who were diagnosed as having both HIV and tuberculosis. Among these co-infected patients, most (81%, p=0.0006) were male. Co-infection was more frequent (87.8%) among patients over 40 years of age and those with lower educational levels (less than eight years of schooling). Forty-one percent of the patients in the study had not had a smear culture test for acid-fast bacilli (AFB). CD4 cell counts were lower than 200 cells/[micro]L in 71.9% of the patients, the mean being 169 cells/[micro]L. This type of data is important for establishing strategies to improve the control of tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients. |
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