title: [Tuberculosis and HIV coinfection in Cuba].
abstract: The first 28 Cuban HIV-seropositive patients with bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis in the period of 21 months between July, 1993, and March, 1995, were presented. The clinical characterization and the therapeutic response of the multidrug regimen considered by the National Program for Tuberculosis Control are stressed. The most frequent clinical form of presentation was the pulmonary one with 89.3% No lesions were found in the chest X-ray of 8 patients. The response to the multidrug treatment was satisfactory, which together with a group of procedures performed prevented the propagation of this disease among the HIV-seropositive patients and the population in general.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Díaz Jidy
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: González Núñez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saladrigas Socarrás
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pérez Avila
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Millán Marcelo
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Valdívia Alvarez
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015897:Comorbidity; D003462:Cuba / Q000453:epidemiology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents