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Osei Bonsu E, Addo IY, Adjei BN, Alhassan MM, Nakua EK
…e, treatment outcomes and determinants of tuberculosis (TB)-HIV coinfection in Ghana. Study design A retrospective review of TB case register for Kwabre East Municipality was conducted for the period 2010-2020 to identify TB-HIV coinfections. Setting 462 patients with TB from fou…
Fernandez D, Salami I, Davis J, Mbah F, Kazeem A, et al.
Objective HIV and tuberculosis represent diseases of major public health importance worldwide. Very little is known about HIV-TB coinfection among pregnant women, especially from industrialized settings. In this study, we examined the association between TB, HIV, and HIV-TB coinf…
Leslie A. Enane, Adam Leonard, Lameck Diero, Olivier Marcy, Marcel Yotebieng
…d the most common opportunistic infection among people with HIV, imposes a profound burden on adolescents and young adults (AYA, ages 10–24 years) [1]. Although preventable and curable, TB remains a leading cause of death for AYA in endemic settings, the predominant cause of morb…
Goovaerts O, Massinga-Loembé M, Ondoa P, Ceulemans A, Worodria W, et al.
…ed immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS) in HIV-TB co-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been linked to neutrophil activation. Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs) are also associated with neutrophil activation. Since ANCAs are …
Granich R, Gupta S
Purpose of review The HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis syndemic remains a major global public health threat. HIV and tuberculosis (TB) global targets have been set. Success will depend on achieving combined disease control. We explore current policy, economic investment, and di…
Mihir P. Rupani, Sheetal Vyas
…ssaving employed and enablers perceived by patients with TB-HIV, patients with TB-diabetes, and program managers of TB. Methods: We conducted qualitative in-depth interviews among eight TB-HIV patients, eight TB-diabetes patients, and seventeen program managers of TB in the Bhavn…
Guita Amane, Paula Simbine, Pereira Zindoga, Algy Abdula, Miguelhete Lisboa
**BACKGROUND:** HIV testing among people with presumptive tuberculosis (PP-TB) represents a critical entry point for HIV diagnosis and care, especially in high-burden settings like Mozambique. However, systematic testing in this population remains suboptimal. This study assessed …
VINA LUSIANA
…an Immunode_ciency Virus/Acquired Immuno-deciency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) are major burden of infectious diseases in developing countries. TB and HIV infection have the effect of deeply on assault the immune system, since they can afford to weaken host immune respone through a mechan…
Taya Rizki Arini Harahap, Tambar Kembaren, Endang Sembiring
…ulmonary TB. Aim: To assess difference in survival rates of HIV patients with pulmonary TB and extra pulmonary TB. Results: Based on Fisher's Exact test, it was found that there was no statistical difference survival rates of HIV patients with pulmonary TB and extra-pulmonary TB …
Balfour A, Schutz C, Goliath R, Wilkinson KA, Sayed S, et al.
…l numbers generally decrease in patients with active TB and HIV infection, but findings regarding functional changes differ. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study on the effect of HIV, TB, and HIV-associated TB (HIV-TB) on MAIT cell frequencies, activation and functional …
Vannesa Yue May Teng, Yan Ting Chua, Eunice En Ni Lai, Shilpa Mukherjee, Jessica Michaels, et al.
…TRACT Objectives Tuberculosis (TB) is a common infection in HIV patients. Our study aims to determine the prevalence and characteristics of HIV-TB co-infected patients in Singapore, a high-income, intermediate TB-burden country. Methods Retrospective data of 11-years was obtained…
John C. Mgogwe, Balthazar Nyombi, Oliva S. Massay, Hadija Semvua, Jaffu Chilongola
…lti Drug Resistant Tuberculosis TB (MDR-TB) with or without HIV infection, undergoing treatment with second-line Anti TB plus ARV’s or second-line anti TB. Objective To assess the hematological, biochemical and immunological indices of patients with or without HIV-MDR-TB at the K…
Dlatu N, Longo-Mbenza B, Apalata T
… leading infectious cause of death among people living with HIV. Reducing morbidity and mortality from HIV-associated TB requires strong collaboration between TB and HIV services at all levels with fully integrated, people-centered models of care. Methods This is a qualitative st…
Marimani M, Ahmad A, Stacey S, Duse A
…rate groups including healthy, multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB-HIV co-infected and HIV-1 positive individuals. Methods Ten patients with MDR TB and HIV-1 co-infection on TB and HIV therapy and a cohort comprised of 10 newly diagnosed individuals with HIV-1 infection were recruited f…
Banubi, G. Vijaya Lakshmi
… the world, mainly in developing nations, co-infection with HIV and tuberculosis (TB) is a significant public health concern. Commonly HIV-TB co-infection is related to a lack of knowledge on TB among people surviving with HIV. Hence, the particular research study is done to know…
Teng VYM, Chua YT, Lai EEN, Mukherjee S, Michaels J, et al.
Objectives To examine the prevalence and characteristics of HIV-tuberculosis (TB) co-infected patients in Singapore, an intermediate TB-burden country. Methods Retrospective data across 11 years was obtained from the National University Hospital (NUH), a quaternary hospital and t…
I. L. Okoroiwu, Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu, Queen Braxton N. Anaebo, Olivia Walter
Background: Human immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Tuberculosis (TB) are the leading infectious diseases with high morbidity and mortality in the developing countries; it has been known to be associated with some coagulation abnormalities especially as the disease progresses.�…
Weyenga H, Onyango E, Katana AK, Pathmanathan I, Sidibe K, et al.
BACKGROUND: HIV infection is associated with high mortality among people with TB. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces TB incidence and mortality among people living with HIV (PLHIV). Since 2005, Kenya has scaled up TB and HIV prevention, diagnosis and treatment. We evaluated the…
Sinha S, Gupta K, Mandal D, Das BK, Pandey RM
…amin D deficiency in TB and human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) subjects, we intend exploring the possibility of a localized deficiency of vitamin D metabolites in BALF of these patients. Objective The primary objective was to assess the level of 25D3 in serum and BALF of subj…
Wouters E, Sommerland N, Masquillier C, Rau A, Engelbrecht M, et al.
Background HIV and tuberculosis (TB) are intricably interlinked in South Africa. The social aspects of this co-epidemic remain relatively unexplored. More specifically, no research has quantitatively explored the double stigma associated with HIV and TB in this context, and more …
Liao R, Hu L, Yu J, Chen Y, Chen M, et al.
Background HIV-tuberculosis (HIV-TB) co-infection is a significant public health concern worldwide. TB delay, consisting of patient delay, diagnostic delay, treatment delay, increases the risk of adverse anti-TB treatment (ATT) outcomes. Except for individual level variables, dif…
Torres M, Tubay J, de losReyes A 5th
Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are the two major public health emergencies in the Philippines. The country is ranked fourth worldwide in TB incidence cases despite national efforts and initiatives to mitigate the disease. Concurrently, the Philippines ha…
Zhang J, Kern-Allely S, Yu T, Price RK
…l to provide information for resource allocation to control HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and their co-infection, especially in areas with high morbidity and mortality like East Asia and the Pacific. Therefore, we examined the morbidity and mortality of HIV/AIDS and TB co-infectio…
Nickolas T Agathis, Kimi Sato, Stephanie O'Connor, Rebeca I Briceño Robaugh, Cleophas D'Auvergne, et al.
…tuberculosis (TB) disease and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and ensuring they receive antiretroviral treatment (ART) can reduce TB/HIV-associated mortality. We reviewed linkage of children and young adolescents with TB to HIV services at clinical sites in 16 high TB/HIV-burd…
Gebremicael G, Alemayehu M, Sileshi M, Geto Z, Gebreegziabxier A, et al.
…s with five clinical groups: 57 TB patients coinfected with HIV (HIV+TB+), 87 active TB Patients (TB cases), 71 HIV infected without active and latent TB infection (HIV+TST-), 22 latent TB infection (TST+) and 25 healthy controls (TST-). Vitamin A concentration was measured using…