Original Articles · pages 86–91
Spectrum of Tubercular Diseases among HIV Positive Patients and Response to Antitubercular Therapy
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Deepak Jain, Nitya Nand, Dhiraj Kumar. Spectrum of Tubercular Diseases among HIV Positive Patients and Response to Antitubercular Therapy. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2021;34(2):86–91.
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Introduction: TB and HIV disease have been inextricably bound together. Infection with M. tuberculosis ranks foremost among opportunistic infections causing comorbidity with HIV infection. This study was planned to look for clinical spectrum of various types of tuberculosis in HIV positive patients, their presentation, relation to CD4 count and response to anti-tubercular therapy. Material and Method: This prospective study was carried out at the Anti-Retroviral Treatment (ART) centre and indoor patients in Department of General Medicine, Pt. B D Sharma, PGIMS, Rohtak, from March 2016 to August 2016.
Keywords
HIV, Tuberculosis, Anti-Tubercular Therapy In 2016, 10.4 million peopl e fell ill with TB