Clinical correlates of tuberculosis co-infection in HIV-infected children hospitalized in Peru | Zendy

Maria Esther Ramirez-Cardich | Zendy; Vivian Kawai | Zendy; Richard A. Oberhelman | Zendy; Christian T. Bautista | Zendy; María E. Castillo | Zendy; Robert H. Gilman | Zendy

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Clinical correlates of tuberculosis co-infection in HIV-infected children hospitalized in Peru

Author(s) -

Maria Esther Ramirez-Cardich,

Vivian Kawai,

Richard A. Oberhelman,

Christian T. Bautista,

María E. Castillo,

Robert H. Gilman

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2005.06.012

Subject(s) - tuberculosis , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pediatrics , active tuberculosis , radiological weapon , mycobacterium tuberculosis , immunology , surgery , pathology

In developing countries, tuberculosis (TB) is responsible for almost 250,000 deaths among children yearly. Active TB in children with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is difficult to diagnose and progresses rapidly to death. The aim of this preliminary study was to investigate the prevalence and clinical correlates of TB-related illness among HIV-infected children admitted to an infectious diseases ward in Peru, a country where TB is highly endemic.

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