[Initial evaluation of the diagnostic usefulness of tuberculin tests among the patients of the Center of Diagnosis and Treatment of AIDS].
Tuberculin and Candida skin tests were done on 98 HIV(+) and 42 control HIV(-) patients of AIDS Diagnosis and Therapy Center in Warsaw. Prevalence of the positive Tuberculin tests in the control group was 29% and it was not significantly different from those groups of patients HIV(+) whose CD4 cell count was higher than 350. For those with CD4 cell count 350 or below, tests were positive only in two cases both of the patients with active tuberculosis. The prevalence of positive Candida tests was in the control group only 12% and such result did not differ significantly from any other group of HIV positive patients with different CD4 cell counts. It is concluded that routine Tuberculin skin tests might be of value due to low initial prevalence among patients of the AIDS Center and that those persons who undergo conversion into positive tests will be under high suspicion of TB asymptomatic infection. Low prevalence and rather random distribution of positive Candida skin tests shows their insufficiency as single reference tests in anergy panel.
Zieliński
A
A
Centrum Diagnostyki i Terapii AIDS w Warszawie.
Cholewińska
G
G
Wondołowska
B
B
Bakowska
E
E
Kopicz-Kamińska
E
E
Burkacka
E
E
Zalewska-Schonthaler
N
N
Baran
J
J
Lipniacki
A
A
Woźny
W
W
Horban
A
A
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D002175:Candida / Q000276:immunology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland; D014374:Tuberculin Test / Q000379:methods*
D015704:CD4 Antigens