title: Incidence and Drug Susceptibility pattern of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in HIV infected Patien.
abstract: Incidence of HIV infection in patients with tuberculosis was found out by serological method (ELISA) with confirmation by Western Blot analysis. Out of 2116 tuberculosis patients tested for HIV, 150 cases were found to be positive for HIV infection (5.73%). Drug susceptibility to first line antitubercular drugs was carried out in 1378 isolates from HIV negative cases and 68 isolates from AIDS cases. The overall resistance pattern to one or more drugs was seen in 13.78% of isolates from HIV negative cases as compared to 7.2% isolates in AIDS cases. Multidrug resistance (MDR) was seen in 8.9% of isolates from HIV negative cases as compared to 4.4% of isolates from AIDS cases.
authors.affiliation: Senior Advisor (Pathology & Microbiology), 151 Base Hospital, C/o 99 APO.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Praharaj
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune - 411 040.
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Kalghatgi
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune - 411 040.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Varghese
authors.affiliation: Professor and Head, Department of Microbiology, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune - 411 040.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagendra
keywords: Antibiotic susceptibility; HIV; Tuberculosis