Tuberculosis-HIV Co-infection in Kiev City, Ukraine

In 2004, we tested all patients with newly diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) for HIV in Kiev City. The results were compared to information from medical records of 2002, when co-infection prevalence was 6.3%. Of 968 TB patients, 98 (10.1%) were HIV infected. TB-HIV co-infection is increasing, especially i...

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Autores principales: van der Werf, Marieke J., Yegorova, Olga B., Chentsova, Nelly, Chechulin, Yuriy, Hasker, Epco, Petrenko, Vasyl I., Veen, Jaap, Turchenko, Leonid V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3374443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16704834
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1205.051103
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Sumario:In 2004, we tested all patients with newly diagnosed tuberculosis (TB) for HIV in Kiev City. The results were compared to information from medical records of 2002, when co-infection prevalence was 6.3%. Of 968 TB patients, 98 (10.1%) were HIV infected. TB-HIV co-infection is increasing, especially in injecting drug users.

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