ArticleTuberculosis and respiratory diseases2015
First Outcome of MDR-TB among Co-Infected HIV/TB Patients from South-West Iran.
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- Prevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and tuberculosis among people living with HIV in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Prisoners co-infected with tuberculosis and HIV: a systematic review.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2016Pooled it
- Magnitude, predictors, and trends of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among tuberculosis patients at Debre Markos, Northwest, Ethiopia: a five-year retrospective study.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2025Article
- Risk factors associated with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in areas with a moderate tuberculosis burden.International health · 2025Article
- An updated systematic review and meta-analysis onIranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2021Review
- Detection of Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Integrons Among Extended-spectrum β-lactamase Producing UropathogenicOman medical journal · 2018Article
- Gonorrhea and syphilis co-infection and related risk factors in HIV patients from Shiraz, South of Iran.Caspian journal of internal medicine · 2018Article
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- Impact of vitamin supplements on HAART related hematological abnormalities in HIV-infected patients.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundTuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of mortality among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients and the majority of them occur in developing countries. The aims of the present study were to determine the frequency of HIV/TB co-infection and other probable associated factors.
methodsThis 10 year retrospective study was conducted on 824 HIV patients in the south-west of Iran. HIV infection was diagnosed by the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay and confirmed by Western blot. TB diagnosis was based on consistency of the clinical manifestations, chest X-ray, and microscopic examination. Drug susceptibility testing was done by the proportional method on Löwenstein-Jensen media.
resultsOf 824 HIV patients, 59 (7.2%) were identified as TB co-infected and the majority (86.4%) of them were male. Of the overall TB infected patients, 6 cases (10.2%) showed multidrug-resistant with the mean CD4+ lymphocyte count of 163±166 cells/mm(3). The main clinical forms of TB were pulmonary (73%). There was a significant (p<0.05) correlation between TB infection and CD4+ lymphocyte counts ≤200 cells/mm(3), gender, prison history, addiction history, and highly active anti-retroviral therapy.
conclusionWe reported novel information on frequency of HIV/TB co-infection and multidrug resistant-TB outcome among co-infected patients that could facilitate better management of such infections on a global scale.
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