HIV/AIDS Co-Infection
Reports from G.F. Garcia and co-researchers add new data to research in HIV/AIDS co-infection
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, March 4th, 2008
According to recent research from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, "Medical charts and radiographs from 38 HIV-infected patients with positive cultures for Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputum or bronchoalveolar lavage were reviewed in order to compare the clinical, radiographic, and sputum bacilloscopy characteristics of HIV-infected patients with pulmonary tuberculosis according to CD4+ lymphocyte count (CD4). The mean age of the patients was 32 years and 76% were male."
"The median CD4 was 106 cells/mm(3) and 71% had CD4 < 200 cells/mm(3). Sputum bacilloscopy was positive in 45% of the patients. Patients with CD4 < 200 cells/mm(3) showed significantly less...
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