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Venkataravikanth Eddula, V. Sudhakar Babu, C. Sravana Deepthi, Sirshendu Chaudhuri, K. H. Sneha
… investigates the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and treatment outcome of TB-HIV coinfected patients in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India. Methodology: A retrospective cross-sectional observational study was conducted using hospital records in an antiretroviral therapy (ART)…
Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu, Bessie Nonyelum Esimai, Getrude Uzoma Obeagu, O. M. T. B. Ochiabuto, Ejike Felix Chukwurah, et al.
…igeria. This study was carried out at the directly observed treatment-short course Tuberculosis (TB DOTS) centre of Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, located in South-Eastern Nigeria. Therefore, sample size of 240 was used to give room for attrition. A total of two hundred and for…
Tanmaya Talukdar, Shweta Sharma, Vikas Kumar, Kanishk Sinha, Anjali Soin, et al.
TB-HIV coinfection imposes a double-edged sword effect on the patient’s health. Awareness about HIV among the TB patients is very essential for prevention, early detection and appropriate therapy. We aimed to evaluate the knowledge about HIV prevention and transmission among TB p…
Shireen Ashkar
…iting the enzyme. Rifampin is the cornerstone of current TB treatment. It is highly potent against MTB RNAP and MTB with the capability of permeating its thick cell envelope. It has also displayed sterilizing effects against low-metabolizing and slow-replicating MTB in vitro whic…
Nilaramba Adhikari, Ratna Bhattarai, Rajendra Basnet, Bhim Singh Tinkari, Badri Nath Gyawali, et al.
…mong 1664 tuberculosis patients registered for tuberculosis treatment during the study period. More than two thirds of tuberculosis patients (67%) were male. The median age of tuberculosis patients was found 32 years. During human immunodeficiency virus testing, 41 out of 1664 tu…
Sameer Thakur, Gokul Mishra, Suman Supratik, Sulav Supratik
…tcomes. Understanding the global epidemiology of TB and HIV coinfection is crucial for effective prevention, diagnosis, and management. This intricate interplay between the two diseases significantly impacts diagnosis, treatment, and overall health outcomes. This overview delves …
Olha Konstantynovska, Petro Poteiko, T Synenko, Oleg Stepanov, O Zinenko, et al.
…oportion of patients who died after at least 30 days of the treatment (17 % in 2019 versus 25 % in 2021). Thus, increasing lethality and proportion of TB-HIV coinfection together with the decrease in the number of treated patients may indicate on hidden process of TB in…
Valeria C Rolla, PhD, Valeria C Rolla, PhD
…ients, to be laboratory and clinically monitored during the treatment with lopinavir-ritonavir and rifampin medications. Study population: Thirty patients older than 18 years, both male and female, which present active tuberculosis and failure or contraindication for any motive …
Eloise T. M. Filardi, Roberto Carlos Cruz Carbonell, Fernando R. Pavan, Felipe A. Cerni, Manuela B. Pucca
… by fear and social stigma (13). In the absence of specific treatments, therapeutic approaches were largely palliative and of limited efficacy. In that time, the main strategy for managing patients consisted of isolation in sanatoria, institutions typically built in locations con…
Ana Carolina Pereira de Castro, Evandro Carlos Martinho da Fonte, Livia Heloisa de Freitas, Renata Pires Arruda Faggion, Fernanda Maria Bajos Conrado Aguiar, et al.
…lture, 54.5% rifampicin-sensitive molecular test, and 16.4% TB-HIV coinfection. Only 10.9% of coinfected patients were on antiretroviral therapy. Drug resistance occurred in 3.6% of cases. Outcomes included cure in 26.4%, transfer in 16.4%, death from other causes in 5.5%, and tr…
Mariana Fernandes Lucena Vaz-Curado, Ana Angélica Bulcão Portela Lindoso
…ulosis (DR-TB) in Brazil reflects failures in diagnosis and treatment, and the impact of social determinants of health, such as poverty, low educational level, and social vulnerability. With high rates of treatment interruption and unfavorable outcomes, understanding the epidemio…
Emílio Alves Miranda, Hélina Augusta Marques Barbosa Pessoa, Seyssa Cristina Pereira e Silva Cintra, Adriana Pereira Roncato, João Alves de Araújo Filho
… years. Test implementation allowed immediate initiation of treatment and notification in SINAN, contributing to continuity of the care cascade. The introduction of the LF-LAM test in specialized services in Goiás proved effective for timely TB diagnosis in PLHIV with advanced im…
Rafael Laniado-Laborín
…r for developing active tuberculosis, while M. tuberculosis coinfection leads to increased viral replication and disease progression. Clinical presentation will vary depending on the degree of immunodeficiency. Patients with higher CD4 cell counts can present with the classic sym…
Rajendra Babu Mathur, Uma Shankar Shukla, Hemant Kumar Bindal
…y 255 cases (14.01%) that were smear negative. Author found TB-HIV coinfection rate of 18.75%.Conclusions: Author found CBNAAT to be an important diagnostic modality especially in smear negative patients for early diagnosis and treatment. Author could detect Mycobacterium Tubercu…
Tata Gloria Berinyuy, Diderot Fopa, Fabo Yatchou Sosthene, Matcha Fotso Laetitia, Mme. Kamdjeu Rita, et al.
…2%) were HIV/TB co-infected. IFN- levels were higher in the TB-HIV co-infected group (7.24pg/ml ± 6,9) and the TB mono-infected group (4.11pg/ml ± 3.02) as compared to healthy controls (3.31 ± 2.14). In TB patients, a negative correlation was observed between the IFN- levels and …