Open AccessCD4 cell count recovery in HIV/TB co-infected patients versus TB uninfected HIV patients
Author(s) -
Ajay Wanchu,
VS Kuttiatt,
Aman Sharma,
Satnam Singh,
Subhash Varma
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.72070
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , virology , tuberculosis , coinfection , antiretroviral therapy , viral load , pathology
There is lack of data comparing the improvement in CD4 count following antitubercular (ATT) and antiretroviral therapy (ART) in patients presenting with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Tuberculosis (HIV/TB) dual infection compared with CD4 matched cohort of TB uninfected HIV patients initiated on ART. We sought to test the hypothesis; TB additionally contributes to reduction in CD4 count in HIV/TB co-infected patients and this would result in greater improvement in count following treatment compared with CD4 matched TB uninfected individuals.