Background: Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are major public health problems in most of the developing countries, including India. For developing TB, HIV infection is one of the strongest risk factors. The presentation and outcome of TB are affected by HIV infection.
Aims and Objectives: The objective is to study the type of TB, level of CD4 count, TB presentation in TB-HIV patients. Observation of anti-TB treatment, adverse drug reactions (ADR), and outcome of anti-TB treatment in patients with TB-HIV co-infection.
Materials and Methods: The present study is an observational, longitudinal, prospective, and single-center study of adult patients having TB-HIV co-infection. To evaluate the clinical course, outcome, and safety of anti-TB drugs, the selected patients were followed up during the study.
Results: In our study, 59 patients of TB-HIV co-infection on anti-TB treatment were observed. About 61% of the patients were male. Most of the patients had pulmonary TB (61%) and extra-pulmonary TB (EPTB) was found in 38.9% of patients. Tuberculous pleural effusion and cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis were the most common among EPTB cases. 93.2% of cases were drug-sensitive TB and 6.8% cases were drug-resistant TB. Low CD4 count
Key words: Adverse Drug Reactions; Anti-tuberculosis Drugs; Human Immunodeficiency Virus; Outcome; Safety; Tuberculosis-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Co-infection; Tuberculosis
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