Comparative Study of HIV Associated Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Chest Clinics from Two Regions of Edo State, Nigeria docx

... July-September 2004 Epidemiology Comparative Study of HIV Associated Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Chest Clinics from Two Regions of Edo State, Nigeria Nwobu GO, Dept. of Medical Laboratory Sciences, ... Ekpoma, Nigeria E-mail: marcel_okodua@yahoo.co.uk Citation: Nwobu GO, Okodua MA, Tatfeng YM. Comparative Study Of HIV Associated Pulmonary T...

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... 2007 Diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in people with HIV infection or AIDS in resource-constrained settings: informing urgent policy changes Haileyesus Getahun, Mark Harrington, ... prevalence in tuberculosis patients, although one study described the cause of lower-respiratory-tract infections in HIV- positive patients. In the remaining three st...

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... PTB in the same setting. Using LJ culture as the base-line test, this study evalu- ated in- house PCR for rapid diagnosis of smear-negative PTB in a low income setting with high burden of TB/ HIV ... http://www. uphs.upenn.edu/bugdrug/antibiotic_manual/TB-HIVclinicalmanual.pdf. 18. The Ministry of Health, Uganda: Uganda National Policy Guidelines for HIV Counselling and Testi...

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... Lee 3 1 Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam; 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul; 3 Department of Pulmonary ... Victora CG; Lat- in American Project for the Investigation of Obstructive Lung Disease (PLATINO) Team. Tuberculosis and airow obstruction: evidence from the PLATINO...

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... case-control study was undertaken within a cohort of HIV- infected individuals, attended at two HIV referral centers, in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Delay in initiating treatment for TB was defined ... Algorithm for selection of patients for the study of factors associated with delay in initition of treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV- infected i...

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... testing for HIV was positive in 40% of partici-pants in this study. HIV infection is one of the factors responsible for increasing the number of tuberculosis cases. The risk for these individuals ... comparing data between 2001 and 2003 with data between 1991 and 1993, in a city of the state of Santa Catarina, has shown an increase in the number of cases of...

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... qualitative study exploring the experi- ences of college students with PTB in the mainland of China. The target population included inpatients and outpatients. The use of in- depth interviews elicited ... college students in China: a cross-sectional study. Indoor Air 2009, 19:348-356. 5. Zhou XS: Analysis of outbreak of tuberculosis in university. Journal of Clinical...

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... dheeraj@indiachest.org. Original Article Manifestations of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in the Elderly: A Prospective Observational Study from North India Dheeraj Gupta 1 , Navneet Singh 1 , Ravinder ... groups. DISCUSSION Tuberculosis is becoming increasingly common in the elderly and burden of the disease in them is likely to continue to increase substantially. 3,4 Moreover,...

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... by the increasing incidence of HIV/ AIDS. In this study, we noted higher prevalence of PTB (7.5%) among HIV positive pre-ART patients. This find- ing is in line with studies conducted in Nigeria ... virus (HIV) infections are two major public health problems in many parts of the world. The prevalence of TB -HIV Co-infection is higher worldwide and 90% of these co-...

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... is the basic cause of HIV- tuberculosis co-infection. In this study there was no case of HIV- tuberculosis co-infection, despite the fact that it was conducted in a developing nation. (25) Major ... hand, severe fulminating pulmonary tuberculosis remains a challenge. Tuberculosis required intensive care admission a count for 1-3% of all tuberculosis cases. (10,...

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