The characteristics of the course of tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients and prophylactic measures

Morbidity in HIV infection and tuberculosis in persons having these two infections in association was analyzed. According to the data for the end of the first quarter of 1997 the presence of association of HIV infection with tuberculosis was found in 91 patients. In 70.3% of cases HIV infection was...

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Published inŽurnal mikrobiologii, ėpidemiologii i immunobiologii no. 1; p. 67
Main Authors Frolova, O P, Rakhmanova, A G, Priĭmak, A A, Vasil'ev, A V, Voronin, E E, Golikov, V A, Potemina, L P, Kochetkov, N M, Tishkevich, O A
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 01.01.1999
Subjects
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - diagnosis
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - prevention & control
Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use
HIV-1
Humans
Radiography, Thoracic
Tuberculin Test
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - prevention & control
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Summary:Morbidity in HIV infection and tuberculosis in persons having these two infections in association was analyzed. According to the data for the end of the first quarter of 1997 the presence of association of HIV infection with tuberculosis was found in 91 patients. In 70.3% of cases HIV infection was contacted before the appearance of tuberculosis and in 18.7% of cases, after it; in 11% of cases the order of appearance of these two diseases could not be established. The study revealed that the markedness of the clinical picture of tuberculosis was determined by the progress of HIV infection.
ISSN:0372-9311