TUBERCULOSIS IN AIDS PATIENTS

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Published: Jan 31, 2003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21315/
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Tuberculosis, AIDS, Malaysia

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Veeranoot Nissapatorn
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Christopher Lee
Department of Medicine, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, 50586 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Init Ithoi
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Fong Mun Yik
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Khairul Anuar Abdullah
Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Abstract

Tuberculosis is the top agenda among opportunistic diseases and the most leading cause of death in HIV/AIDS patients. A total of 406 AIDS patients were recruited in this retrospective and descriptive study. 123/406 (30.3%) were diagnosed as AIDS-related tuberculosis (TB). Their age range from 17 to 69 years with a mean (±SD) of 37.2 (±9.51. There were significant association between occupation, or mode of HIV transmission and tuberculosis infection (p< 0.05). Pulmonary tuberculosis 104/123 (84.6%) was the most common disease location among TB patients. We found the significant association between the clinical presentations i.e. fever, cough, sputum or hemoptysis and TB patients (p<0.05), moreover, the level of CD4 cell count plays a significant role in association with the disease (p<0.05) in this study.

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Veeranoot Nissapatorn, Christopher Lee, Init Ithoi, Fong Mun Yik, Khairul Anuar Abdullah. TUBERCULOSIS IN AIDS PATIENTS. Malays J Med Sci [Internet]. 2003 Jan. 31 [cited 2026 Oct. 19];10(1):60-4. Available from: https://ejournal.usm.my/mjms/article/view/mjms_vol10-no1-2003_9
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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2003)
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