Abstract

GAVILANES CAICEDO, Jaime Alberto et al. PREVALENCE OF COINFECTION HIV AMONG TB PATIENTS DIAGNOSED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PASTO. Univ. Salud [online]. 2010, vol.12, n.1, pp.50-56. ISSN 0124-7107.

Nowadays, the epidemiología of the tuberculosis is intimately related to that of HIV. The knowledge of the prevalence of coinfection HIV - TBC is an indicator of the degree of advance of these two epidemics. In Colombia is between a 3% and 15% according to different studies. Objective: To determine the prevalence of the HIV in people diagnosed with pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis in the municipality of Pasto from September 2,005 to September 2.006. A cross-sectional descriptive study was made in the municipality of Pasto, Department of Nariño, Colombia with 47 patients, who were diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis and extrapulmonary in the period between September 2,005 and September 2,006. They previously accepted by means of informed consent that HIV tests were made to them. Results: In the period September 2,005 to September 2,006, 55 cases of Tuberculosis were diagnosed, including pulmonary and extrapulmonary forms. From these 55 patients, 47 (85,5%) accepted to take the HIV tests. 3 patients were positive in HIV according to the tests (ELISA) and confirming (Western Blot), which represents VIH-TBC in the 6,38%. The infected patients (100%) belonged to masculine sex, with ages between 25 and 44. From the 3 patients with VIH/TBC, 2 (66, 6%) of them presented pulmonary forms and 1 ((33, 3%) displayed extrapulmonary form. The mortality between the patients was of 33, 3%, which was superior to the mortality of the 8.5% that appeared exclusively in patients with TBC diagnosis. The prevalence of HIV in patients with TBC studied in the city of Pasto in the period of September 2,005 to September 2,006 was of 6,38%, being in intermediate values from the observed in other national studies of HIV/TBC made in other departments.

Keywords : Prevalence HIV; coexistence TBC.

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