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[AIDS and tuberculosis]

Przegl Epidemiol. 1991;45(4):361-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/93029568
Zajaczkowska J; Kaminska E; Babiuch L; Wojewodzki Szpital Zakazny, Warszawie.

Abstract: From Jan. 1, 1989, through July, 1, 1991, 193 patients with HIV infection were treated at the Department of Acquired Immunodeficiency, Infectious diseases Hospital in Warsaw. Tuberculosis was diagnosed in 11 (5.7%) cases; in three cases diagnosis was first established post mortem. In eight cases tuberculosis was diagnosed clinically and confirm by microbiologic or histologic examinations. Antituberculous chemotherapy was successful in five cases (early results). All 11 patients had other concomitant infections or neoplasms. Six of 11 patients died, of them 3 with misdiagnosis of tuberculosis prior to death. The problem of HIV infection and tuberculosis and its impact on epidemiology of tuberculosis is discussed.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/ IMMUNOLOGY Adult Case Report English Abstract Female Human Male Middle Age Opportunistic Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*ETIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY Poland/EPIDEMIOLOGY Tuberculosis, Lymph Node/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*ETIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY Tuberculosis, Miliary/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*ETIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*ETIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY Urban Population JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/KWDcomplications/epidemiology/immunologyadultcasereportenglishabstractfemalehumanmalemiddleageopportunisticinfections/epidemiology/KWDetiology/immunologypoland/epidemiologytuberculosis,lymphnode/epidemiology/KWDetiology/immunologytuberculosis,miliary/epidemiology/KWDetiology/immunologytuberculosis,pulmonary/epidemiology/KWDetiology/immunologyurbanpopulationjournalarticle
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