Profile of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and HIV Co-Infection between 2018 and 2020 in the Damakania Tuberculosis Diagnostic and Treatment Centre, Republic of Guinea

The human immunodeficiency virus very often paves the way for tuberculosis. These two diseases form an association. The aim of this study was to carry out a retrospective study for the period 2018–2020 in order to determine the prevalence of tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection in Kindia prefecture. A total of 2701 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were identified, including 69 cases of co-infection and 244 people living with human immunodeficiency virus respectively of 2.55% and 9.03%. Of the 2701 suspected cases, 714 (26.43%) had positive pulmonary tuberculosis microscopy. All were diagnosed simultaneously through bacilloscopy (tuberculosis) and immunochromatography (human immunodeficiency virus). Patients ranged in age from 15 to 85. However, the age group with the most co-infected patients and those living with the human immunodeficiency virus alone was in the 25–34 age group, of 1.07 and 3.18%, respectively. Females were more likely to be co-infected (1.37%) than males (1.18%), while among people living with the human immunodeficiency virus, 4.92% of females and 4.10% of males were co-infected.