[Correlation between increased incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis and AIDS].
There is an interaction between pulmonary TB abd AIDS, so it is necessary for these patients to take up HIV testing. Therefore, the young are especially considered for this and also those risk groups (homosexuals, drug abusers--i.v. injections, persons from specific geographic areas, haemophilics and persons who were often blood recipients. Pulmonary TB is sometimes the first sign of HIV infection; HIV positive and by TB infected persons are 30 times more likely to develop active tuberculosis than HIV negative; One third of increased incidence od TB in the last five years may be attributed to HIV; AIDS and pulmonary TB are both fatal--each of them accelerate the progress of the other; TB is the leading cause of death among HIV positive persons; The effective implementation DOTS strategy recommended by the World Health Organisation for the detecting and treatment of TB may ensure the longer life to the HIV positive patients: The treatment of TB to the HIV positive patients with antituberculotic drugs may be as effective as the cure with antituberculotic drugs for HIV negative persons. Finally, it is important to mention that doctors must think about tuberculosis infection among patients with AIDS, so they must give immediately sputum and tissue samples, for BK control the patients, but consider to make HIV test also especially young people and risk groups.
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015995:Prevalence; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*