title: Detection of HIV infection in pulmonary tuberculosis patients.
abstract: Well documented 112 pulmonary tuberculosis patients were studied for the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositivity by using two antibody screening tests along with western blot test. Nineteen of the pulmonary tuberculosis patients were HIV seropositive, 12 were acid-fast bacillus smear positive; 12 patients were tuberculin skin test positive and 15 patients were culture positive. As the incidence of HIV infection is increasing in India, it is observed that patients co-infected with HIV and TB are also on the rise. Recognition of the dual infection and taking adequate steps to deal with this epidemic are needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Medicine/SMT, Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University, Madras.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Samuel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alamelu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jagannath
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rajan
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015153:Blotting, Western; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*