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ArticleInternational journal of general medicine2012

Inflammatory status hepatic enzymes and serum creatinine in HIV-, HIV+ and HIV-TB co-infected adult Central Africans.

Etienne Mokondjimobe, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, Patou Mampouya-Arrouse, Henri Joseph Parra, Martin Diatewa

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Article in International journal of general medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Etienne MokondjimobeLaboratory de Biochemistry-Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Brazzaville, Congo ; National Laboratory of Public Health, Brazzaville, Congo.
Benjamin Longo-Mbenza
Patou Mampouya-Arrouse
Henri Joseph Parra
Martin Diatewa
Laboratoire de Biochimie · FRWalter Sisulu University · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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aimHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a major public health issue in Africa. The objective of this study was to determine which of isolated HIV-infection, isolated naive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), or naive HIV-PTB coinfection was more harmful to inflammatory, hepatic, and renal functions.

methodsThis cross-sectional study was undertaken among ten patients with isolated HIV infection, ten patients with isolated naive HIV infection, ten patients with isolated PTB and 32 patients with HIV-PTB coinfection, with the aim of determining which group had the highest levels of oxidative stress and hepatic and renal dysfunction markers. Serum aminotransferase (AST), alanine transferase (ALT), gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), and creatinine measurements were compared across the three groups of patients, who were managed from admission in the pulmonology division of the Brazzaville Teaching Hospital, Congo.

resultsHIV patients had the highest levels of ALT, GGT, and creatinine before and after adjusting for age and sex. Adjusted levels of AST, ALT, GGT, and creatinine were higher in HIV-PTB coinfection patients than in sero-negative PTB patients.

conclusionThere is a significant association between HIV infection and increase in concentration of ALT, GGT, and creatinine.

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AfricaHIV-tuberculosis coinfectionrenal functiontuberculosis

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PMID23204860
PMCPMC3508561
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