Clinical and laboratory profile of patients with tuberculosis/HIV coinfection at a national referral centre: a case series / Tabarsi, P.;Mirsaeidi, S.M.;Amiri, M.;Mansouri, S.D.;Masjedi, M.R.;Velayati, A.A.
Tác giả : Tabarsi, P.;Mirsaeidi, S.M.;Amiri, M.;Mansouri, S.D.;Masjedi, M.R.;Velayati, A.A.
Năm xuất bản : 2008
Chủ đề : 1. CD4 Lymphocyte Count. 2. Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay. 3. Flow Cytometry. 4. Hepatitis C. 5. HIV. 6. Microbial Sensitivity Tests. 7. Questionnaires. 8. Tuberculosis.
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Tóm tắt : | 283-291 This case series describes the clinical and laboratory profile of 15 patients with tuberculosis [TB] HIV coinfection admitted to a referral centre in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Most of the patients [13] were male; the mean age was 36.9 years. Intravenous drug use was the route of transmission for all males and heterosexual intercourse for the 2 females; 12 patients had a history of imprisonment. All patients had pulmonary TB; 13 were smear-positive and all except 1 had atypical radiological presentation. Drug-induced hepatitis occurred in 3 patients and 12 had hepatitis C coinfection. Five patients died. The mean CD4 count was 229.2 [SD 199.5] cells/mm[3] and 78.6% had CD4 count < 350. TB may be an AIDS-defining illness in this country |
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