title: [Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in persons infected with HIV and its characteristics in the HIV-infected population in Slovenia].
abstract: The problem of tuberculosis (TB) in population, infected by human immunodeficiency virus I (HIV I) in Slovenia is presented in the period from 1986 when the first patient was registered, till 1989. In Slovenia it has been established that TB plays an important role in patients with HIV infection. Out of 14 patients with symptomatic HIV infection, 6 suffered from pulmonary TB and 1 patient from extrapulmonary TB (50%), mostly being expressed already in the early stage of HIV infection. In 3 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) the pulmonary TB had been proven before the HIV infection was established. In one case the mycobacterial infection was confirmed pathohistologically after death; one patient suffered from disseminated TB. Out of three patients with AIDS related complex (ARC) two of them showed the apical pulmonary TB with cavitations. The data available show a prevalence of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MT) in population of Slovenia, so the occurrence of TB in a HIV positive person must by all means be taken into account regardless of the stage of disease. In the opposite, the possibility of HIV infection in newly detected TB patient must always be considered, especially concerning younger persons, predominantly men, whose history reveals risk behaviour. The paper presents also the clinical features as well as diagnosis, therapy and prevention of TB in HIV positive persons.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vidmar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tomazic
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Infekcije Mycobacterium tuberculosis u osoba zarazenih HIV-om i stanje u populaciji zarazenih HIV-om u Sloveniji.