Open AccessHIV-TB co-infection with clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, outcome and its relation to CD4 count, a cross-sectional study in a tertiary care hospital in coastal Karnataka
Author(s) -
Jutang Babat Ain Tiewsoh,
Beena Antony,
Rekha Boloor
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_950_19
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , cross sectional study , regimen , pediatrics , radiological weapon , opportunistic infection , immunology , surgery , pathology , viral disease
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading killer and the commonest opportunistic infection (OI) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected individuals with 0.3 million deaths in 2017. When HIV and TB co-infection occurs, they form a deadly combination with each accelerating the progression of the other, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality.