IMPACT OF HIV INFECTION AND GENDER ON THE MORTALITY IN THE PATIENTS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN-PATIENT UNIT
591 lethal cases among patients of TB dispensary were analyzed with relevance to gender and HIV status; the part of patients with TB/HIV co-infection made 38.4% with absolute prevalence of men among those died (82.2%). It has been found out that those died due to HIV infection suffered mostly from d...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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New Terra Publishing House
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Туберкулез и болезни лёгких |
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| Online Access: | https://www.tibl-journal.com/jour/article/view/1010 |
| Summary: | 591 lethal cases among patients of TB dispensary were analyzed with relevance to gender and HIV status; the part of patients with TB/HIV co-infection made 38.4% with absolute prevalence of men among those died (82.2%). It has been found out that those died due to HIV infection suffered mostly from disseminated and miliary tuberculosis and HIV negative patients had fibrous cavernous and infiltrate tuberculosis. No impact of gender on the form of pulmonary tuberculosis was detected in HIV positive patients, and infiltrate form of tuberculosis was confidently the most common cause of death in female HIV negative patients. Generalized tuberculosis confidently developed more often in HIV positive patients, male patients had more severe lesions with the higher frequency of meningocephalites. The cause of death in those with TB/HIV infection was the progressing disease with no antiretroviral therapy in the majority of cases regardless of gender. |
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| ISSN: | 2075-1230 2542-1506 |