ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2019
Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection in Congolese children: risk factors of death.
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- Risk factors and mortality rates for children co-infected with HIV and TB in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International health · 2026Pooled it
- Virologic failure and its determinants among HIV patients progress towards the third 95% global target in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Mortality and associated factors among children with the double burden of human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis in African countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
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- The incidence rate of tuberculosis and its associated factors among HIV-positive persons in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Pooled it
- HIV matters when diagnosing TB in young children: an ancillary analysis in children enrolled in the INPUT stepped wedge cluster randomized study.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Trial
- Survival and predictors of mortality among TB-HIV co-infected children attending ART clinics in public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Characteristics and mortality of children living with HIV/TB coinfection in a tertiary hospital in a resource-limited setting.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Observational
- Predictors of mortality among TB-HIV co-infected children attending anti-retroviral therapy clinics of selected public hospitals in southern, Ethiopia: retrospective cohort study.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2022Article
- Shedding Light on Tuberculosis Deaths in Children and Adolescents.Pediatrics · 2021Article
- Addressing TB-related mortality in adults living with HIV: a review of the challenges and potential solutions.Therapeutic advances in infectious diseaseReview
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Abstract
introductionHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) are the leading causes of death from infectious disease worldwide. The prevalence of HIV among children with TB in moderate to high prevalence countries ranges between 10% and 60%. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of HIV infection among children treated for TB in Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course (DOTS) clinics in Lubumbashi and to identify risk of death during this co-infection.
methodsThis is a cross-sectional study of children under-15, treated for tuberculosis from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2015. Clinical, paraclinical and outcome data were collected in 22 DOTS of Lubumbashi. A statistical comparison was made between dead and survived HIV-infected TB children. We performed the multivariate analyzes and the significance level set at p-value <0.05.
resultsA total of 840 children with TB were included. The prevalence of HIV infection was 20.95% (95% CI: 18.34-23.83%). The mortality rate was higher for HIV-infected children (47.73%) compared to HIV-uninfected children (17.02%) (p<0.00001). Age <5 years (aOR=6.50 [1.96-21.50]), a poor nutritional status (aOR=23.55 [8.20-67.64]), and a negative acid-fast bacilli testing (aOR=4.51 [1.08-18.70]) were associated with death during anti-TB treatment.
conclusionTB and HIV co-infection is a reality in pediatric settings in Lubumbashi. High mortality highlights the importance of early management.
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