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HIV/AIDS Co-Infection
Reports from University of Alabama, Medical Department describe recent advances in HIV/AIDS co-infection
April 15th, 2008
"Voluntary counseling and confidential testing center (VCCT), Battambang District, Cambodia. To determine newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) prevalence and predicting factors, and assess the utility of TB-related symptoms and yield of sputum microscopy and culture," researchers in the United States report. "D E SIGN: Cross-sectional survey using interview, sputum smears and cultures and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing. Of 496 participants, 29 (5.8%) had culture-confirmed PTB while 19 (65.5%) were acid-fast bacilli (AFB) smear-positive. PTB prevalence was higher (P < 0.001) in HIV-positives (20/124, 16.1%) than in HIV-negatives (9/372, 2.4%). On...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-04-15)
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