TY  - JOUR
TI  - Eight Year Evaluation of HIV/Tuberculosis co- infection in Patients Admitted to Our Hospital
AB  - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a disease that causes serious mortality and morbidity worldwide. Due to the weakening of the immune system, opportunistic infections are common in HIV -positive patients. Tuberculosis, one of the most important of these infections, makes the clinical management of HIV -positive patients even more difficult. In this study, it was aimed to determine the frequency of HIV -tuberculosis coexistence. Tuberculosis cultures of 95 HIV/AIDS patients with confirmed diagnosis between 2014-2021 at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Training and Research Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. The results of the patients whose anti -HIV Elisa test was reactive were confirmed at the Refik Saydam Institute of Hygiene and Public Health. The diagnosis of tuberculosis was made by detection of growth in Löwenstein-Jensen medium and Mycobacteria Polymerase Chain reaction. We studied a total of 95 HIV positive patients consist of 87(%91.6) males and 8(%8.4) females. Positive tuberculosis culture was detected in 3 (3.1%) of these patients. One of the patients is a foreign national and two of them are Turkish citizens. Tuberculosis is an important cause of mortality in HIV/AIDS patients. Opportunistic infections in these patien ts are the cause of serious mortality and morbidity; therefore, early detection and treatment of these diseases is vital. In primary car e, HIV-positive patients should be screened for Tuberculosis.
AU  - duran, ömer faruk
AU  - Bahçeci, İlkay
AU  - Yazici, Zihni A
AU  - alpdoğan, yunus emre
AU  - İBİK, YUNUS EMRE
AU  - ARSLAN, NURAY
DO  - 10.5505/ejm.2023.78477
PY  - 2023
JO  - Eastern Journal of Medicine
VL  - 28
IS  - 1
SN  - 1301-0883
SP  - 129
EP  - 132
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1179473
ER  -