Open AccessOral Manifestations in HIV-TB Co- infected Patients and Their Correlation with CD4 Count in Telangana State, India
Author(s) -
Ashalata Gannepalli,
A Krishna,
P Venkat Baghirath,
Balistty Hari Vinay,
Sana Khaled,
Bushra Anjum
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/jispcd.jispcd_448_18
Subject(s) - medicine , coinfection , tuberculosis , dermatology , cross sectional study , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gastroenterology , immunology , pathology
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related oral lesions are often an early finding, and they reflect the underlying immunosuppression, and tuberculosis (TB) coinfection can have further deteriorating effect. Hence, a cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate clinical and oral presentations of patients coinfected with HIV-TB, correlating with various parameters such as the type of TB with CD4 cell count, the type of TB with oral manifestations, site of the lesion, oral manifestations with CD4 cell counts, age, and gender.