title: Human immunodeficiency virus infection in tuberculosis patients.
abstract: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) serology was performed in non-Asian-born patients 18-65 years old with newly diagnosed tuberculosis at a county tuberculosis clinic, and demographic and clinical features of HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative patients were compared. Sixty of 128 eligible patients agreed to participate, of whom 17 (28%) were seropositive. Risk of HIV was associated with homosexual contact, intravenous drug use, or both; however, 4 (24%) of the 17 seropositives denied risk behaviors. Significantly more blacks (48%) than whites (10%) or Latinos (20%) were HIV-seropositive (P less than .01). Site of disease, tuberculin reactivity, response to therapy, drug toxicity, and relapse did not differ significantly between groups. HIV-seropositive patients had significantly lower median CD4+ cell counts (326/mm3, range 23-742/mm3, vs. 929/mm3, range 145-2962/mm3, P less than .0005) and median CD4+:CD8+ ratios (0.50, range 0.14-1.07 vs. 1.54, range 0.35-4.36, P less than .0001). HIV infection is associated with clinically typical tuberculosis and HIV screening of tuberculosis patients is recommended in areas where HIV is endemic.
authors.affiliation: Medical Service, San Francisco General Hospital, California.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Theuer
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Hopewell
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Elias
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Schecter
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Rutherford
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Chaisson
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents