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P. O. (Peter) Adediji, M. B. (Muideen) Olatunji, S. O. (Samuel) Okijiola, A. G. (Alimi) Annabelle, J. A. (Judith) Arachie
…e perceptions and awareness of risk factors associated with TB-HIV coinfection among healthcare attendees in Ibadan, Nigeria. The participant gender distribution in this study was relatively balanced, with women possibly demonstrating higher health awareness. TB/HIV knowledge was…
Renu Kumari, Priyamvada Roy, Shalini Malhotra, Ulka Kamble, Nirmaljit Kaur
…to HIV-positive patients without TB following six months of treatment with anti-tuberculosis therapy (ATT) and antiretroviral therapy (ART). This study aims to assess absolute CD4 counts and the percentage of recovery in TB-HIV co-infected patients prior to starting antituberculo…
Caian L. Vinhaes, Betania Nogueira, Cristina da Silva Almeida Damasceno, Emanuelle Souza Oliveira Ferreira, Euclimeire da Silva Neves, et al.
…eading cause of death among people living with HIV (PLHIV). TB-HIV coinfection contributes substantially to global TB mortality. While previous studies have linked early mortality to delayed initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and disseminated TB, the immunological mechani…
Carlos Eduardo Freitas Dantas, Camillo Collier de Farias, Ana Clara Simões Mattos, Beatriz Simões Mattos, Paulo Fernando Viegas Barros de Albuquerque, et al.
…vulnerable groups are People Living with HIV (PLHIV), whose coinfection worsens the clinical condition and therapeutic challenges when adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) is lacking. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the epidemiological profile of tuberculosis-HIV coin…
Tapati Mondal, Abhik Sarkar, Surya Jyati Chaudhuri, Julius Rahaman
…o act synergistically and result in higher mortality rates. TB-HIV coinfection and emergence of drug resistant forms of MTB can impact positively on treatment outcomes. Aims and Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine of the prevalence of TB-HIV co-infection among MTB …
Thuli Mthiyane
Introduction: Biomarkers of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment response in patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are a necessity to ensure early diagnosis and adequate monitoring of TB treatment response. We conducted 3 sub-studies: study 1 was a bioa…
Josimara Brunyelly Ximenes de Sousa
…of liberty (PDL). In Rio Grande do Sul, the high incidence, TB-HIV coinfection, and prison conditions such as overcrowding and poor sanitation favor transmission and hinder disease control. The objective was to analyze the epidemiological profile of tuberculosis in men deprived o…
Josimara Brunyelly Ximenes de Sousa
…of liberty (PDL). In Rio Grande do Sul, the high incidence, TB-HIV coinfection, and prison conditions such as overcrowding and poor sanitation favor transmission and hinder disease control. The objective was to analyze the epidemiological profile of tuberculosis in men deprived o…
Josimara Brunyelly Ximenes de Sousa
…of liberty (PDL). In Rio Grande do Sul, the high incidence, TB-HIV coinfection, and prison conditions such as overcrowding and poor sanitation favor transmission and hinder disease control. The objective was to analyze the epidemiological profile of tuberculosis in men deprived o…
Asiko Ongaya, Megan Files, Yazmin B. Martinez-Martinez, Robi Chacha, Jeremiah Kyalo, et al.
…public health concern. Complexities associated with Mtb/HIV coinfections, including in those virally suppressed with anti-retroviral therapy (ART), present significant challenges to efforts to reduce both infections. The pattern of cytokines produced by T helper (Th) lymphocytes …
Uzochukwu Godswill Ekeleme, Ikenna Oluebube Ogini, Stanley Chinedu Eneh, Ugonma Winnie Dozie, Stephanie Adiruo Akunna, et al.
…miciled in Sub-Saharan Africa. Given the paucity of data on TB-HIV co-infection in children, this study aimed to understand the factors associated with co-infection in children receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Imo State, Nigeria. We used a matched case-control study desi…
Raymond E Eworo, Augusta C Nsonwu-Anyanwu, U A Fabian, PA Akpan, Peace E Udo
… Nutritional reintegration with anti-TB therapy may improve treatment success rate. Aim: To investigate the nutritional status of low-income pulmonary TB patients in relation to the different anti-TB treatment phases. Methods: Forty five pulmonary TB patients and 40 controls aged…
Asmah Amirkhani, Maheen Humayun, Wen Ye, Yoseph Worku, Zhenhua Yang
…identified prison TB research as a top priority to guide TB treatment/control interventions. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 921 notified TB cases that were diagnosed at Kality Federal Prison, Ethiopia during 2009-2017. To assess trends of microbiologically confirmed pulmona…
Danniely Carolinne Soares da Silva, Josefa Nayara dos Santos Nascimento, Jocylu Luna Frota Alves, Mariana Alves Nogueira Souza, Mateus Eduardo Gomes de Oliveira, et al.
… information system. Variables included age, type of entry, TB-HIV coinfection, resistance pattern, and follow-up outcome. The study was approved by a Human Research Ethics Committee under opinion number 6.824.226. Seventy-eight TB cases were identified, with an average of eight …
João Lúcio Macário Lira, Karlla Natielly Felix de Carvalho, Jailton Lobo da Costa Lima, Thiago José Matos Rocha
TB-HIV coinfection is a serious public health problem in Brazil and an important cause of morbidity and mortality. TB is among the main opportunistic infections in people with HIV, whose immunosuppression significantly increases the risk of active TB. Although there have been adv…
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…
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 …
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…