National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
India has a high tuberculosis burden and it remains one of the significant contributor and major cause of death in patients living with HIV. Tuberculosis can occur at any stage of HIV disease, and its manifestation depends largely on the level of immunosuppression. With the expansion and convergence of the HIV and tuberculosis epidemics worldwide, clinicians will increasingly be called on to manage and treat co-infected patients. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis and associated HIV infection among suspected pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending at our hospital. This study covering the period from January 2017 to June 2017 was conducted at Department of Microbiology, SN Medical College, India. A total of 300 patients suspecting of having tuberculosis and consenting for HIV testing were included in the study. The TB diagnosis was performed using sputum microscopy (AFB staining) and all the cases were screened for HIV by using rapid HIV kits according to NACO guidelines. Overall, 29 (9.66%) cases were diagnosed as sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis among which 2 cases (6.90 %) were sero-positive for HIV antibodies. HIV-TB co infection represents a novel pathogenic scenario at the global level. It constitutes a serious diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in poor countries. In our study, the prevalence of pulmonary TB was 9.66 % and HIV—TB co-infection was 6.90%.
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