Introduction: Tuberculosis is a major opportunistic infection in HIV patients’ world wide. Many patients were being treated for tuberculosis without knowledge of the presence or absence of concurrent HIV infection. Relapse rate is high in HIV-TB, which may be due to re-infections rather than a true relapse of TB.
Detection of HIV status in a TB patient is critical from both patient and public health perspectives and for holistic management of HIV-TB patients. Objectives : To determine the prevalence of HIV infection and its clinical profile among tuberculosis patients (Cases) and Non-TB patients (Controls) Methods : A case-control study was conducted at SKM hospital, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh during the period September 2015 to September 2016. 252 proven Tuberculosis patients as cases and 252 non-tuberculosis patients (having similar clinical features like TB) as controls selected…
