Diabetes mellitus and HIV as co-morbidities in tuberculosis patients of rural south India.
Diabetes mellitus and HIV as co-morbidities in tuberculosis patients of rural south India.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jiph.2011.03.005
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发表时间:
2011-08-01
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Mukhopadhyay, Chiranjay
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作者:
Gupta, Soham;Shenoy, Vishnu Prasad;Mukhopadhyay, Chiranjay
OBJECTIVES: Incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is greatest among patients with impaired immunity. India is experiencing a double epidemic of HIV and diabetes mellitus (DM), both of which are strongly associated with immuno-suppression. This study aimed to discover the prevalence of HIV and DM in both the pulmonary and extra-pulmonary TB patients of rural south India, retrospectively.METHODS: Medical records of 192 microbiologically diagnosed pulmonary TB and 37 extra-pulmonary TB patients were thoroughly studied and data were extracted. The frequency distribution of HIV and DM was evaluated along with other demographic details such as age, sex and occupation in both groups.RESULTS: The mean age of the pulmonary TB patients was 41.11±15.7 years, with significantly higher (p