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ArticleHeliyon2024

Prevalence, treatment outcomes and determinants of TB/HIV coinfection: A 4-year retrospective review of national tuberculosis registry in a country in a MENA region.

Seyedeh Vajiheh Kazemian, Mohammadtaghi Shakeri, Eisa Nazar, Mahshid Nasehi, Saeid Sharafi, Maliheh Dadgarmoghaddam

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Seyedeh Vajiheh KazemianCommunity and Family Medicine Department, Resident of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Mohammadtaghi ShakeriDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Eisa NazarOrthopedic Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Mahshid NasehiCentre for Communicable Diseases Control, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
Saeid SharafiCentre for Communicable Diseases Control, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
Maliheh DadgarmoghaddamCommunity and Family Medicine Department, Associate Professor of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences · IRMinistry of Health and Medical Education · IRMazandaran University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The co-occurrence of tuberculosis (TB) and AIDS (HIV) has emerged as a significant public health challenge. This study investigated the epidemiological factors and treatment outcomes of TB in individuals based on their HIV status in Iran. Methods: The current study was a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study that focused on new patients diagnosed with TB in Iran between 2018 and 2021. Patients' data were sourced from the National Tuberculosis Registry database of Iran. A multiple logistic regression model was used to investigate the relationship between the most important influencing factors and TB/HIV coinfection. Results: Over a 4-year period, a study was conducted on 25,011 new TB patients out of 30,762 registered in the national database. TB and HIV were coinfected in 672 cases (2.68%). The highest number of coinfection cases were found in patients with smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis (249 patients, 37.05%) and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (123 patients, 18.19%). TB patients with coinfection had a median TB treatment duration of three months longer than others. The success rate of TB treatment was lower in patients with coinfection (437 patients, 65.02%) than in non-coinfection patients (20,302 patients, 83.41%). Treatment success probability in smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients with and without coinfection was lower than other types of TB. Logistic regression analysis showed that having a TB risk factor was the strongest predictor of coinfection, with an odds ratio of 29.73 (95% CI: 22.05-40.07), followed by having an HIV risk factor with an odds ratio of 17.52 (95% CI: 13.68-22.45). Conclusions: The findings of this research offer significant insights into the potential causes of HIV coinfection in individuals with TB, which could be used to inform the development of policies and strategies aimed at enhancing the identification and treatment of TB patients who are at risk of TB/HIV coinfection and to promote optimal health status for patients with TB.

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CoinfectionHIVNational registryTuberculosis

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PMCPMC10904239
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