title: Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among HIV/AIDS patients in Thailand: clinical manifestations and outcomes.
abstract: A one year retrospective study, was conducted at Bamrasnaradura Hospital, Nonthaburi Province, Bangkok, Thailand, of 271 subjects with both TB and HIV/AIDS. Single males (median age group 31 to 40 years) were most likely to develop co-infection. The commonest clinical manifestations on initial presentation included a low grade fever, cough, weight loss, lymphadenopathy with pancytopenia, and lung infiltrates. Multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) was found in 26.6% of the subjects which was significantly associated with a past history of anti-TB treatment (p = 0.005; OR=2.5); it was also significantly associated with disseminated TB (p = 0.022; OR=1.9) and mortality (p= 0.013; OR=2.8). Analysis of clinical outcomes showed that 46.7% were lost to follow-up and 13.3% had died by the time of follow-up. Among those who survived, only 11.4% had been successfully treated; the rest had not improved due to relapse (2.9%), therapeutic failure (8.8%), treatment in progress (5.9%), and failure to complete treatment (10.7%).
authors.affiliation: Department of clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. nmputong@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Nimfa M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Putong
authors.forename: Punnee
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pitisuttithum
authors.forename: Wichai
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Supanaranond
authors.forename: Benjaluck
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Phonrat
authors.forename: Somsit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tansuphasawadikul
authors.forename: Udomsak
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Silachamroon
authors.forename: Huot Chan
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Yuda
authors.forename: Valai
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bussaratid
authors.forename: Nalinee
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aswapokee
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000453:epidemiology