title: [Tuberculosis in patients with HIV infection].
abstract: 28 cases of tuberculosis in patients infected with HIV, 22 of them having AIDS criteria (CDC 87), are presented. Tuberculosis was the first diagnosis criteria in 34% of the cases 68% were I.V.U., 25% homosexuals and 7% heterosexual. Half of the patients had disseminated tuberculosis and the other half had localised disease with a high frequency of pulmonary setting. The most frequent symptoms were fever and constitutional syndrome (92% and 91%). The patient's chest X-rays showed few cavitations and infiltrates and frequently had mediastinal and/or hilar (22%) lymphatic gland enlargement. The study of lymphocyte populations showed levels of CD4 lower than 400 in 79% of the cases. The response to treatment was favorable in 16 patients and only 3 died of tuberculosis.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: del Arco
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: García-Polo
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Herraiz
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Quijano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Noguerado
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Tuberculosis en pacientes con infección por VIH.