[Tuberculosis in 34 patients with HIV infection]

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 1991 Oct;9(8):488-90.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The clinical and microbiological finding of 34 patients with HIV infection and tuberculosis (30 were men), 32 were intravenous drug addicts. Fever, adenopathies, hepatomegaly and splenomegaly were the most encountered manifestations on admittance. 61.8% had a disseminated form of tuberculosis; the main locations were lymphatic (73.5%) and lung (64.7%). The detection of circulating viral antigen was associated with disseminated form of tuberculosis.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • HIV Antibodies / blood
  • HIV Infections / blood
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Opportunistic Infections / blood
  • Opportunistic Infections / complications*
  • Opportunistic Infections / epidemiology
  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous / complications
  • Tuberculosis / blood
  • Tuberculosis / complications*
  • Tuberculosis / epidemiology
  • Tuberculosis / pathology

Substances

  • HIV Antibodies