Hepatitis B and C virus infections and associated factors among HIV-positive and HIV-negative tuberculosis patients in public health facilities, Northeast Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study.
Alemu GedefieAbdurahaman SeidGenet Molla FentaMihret TilahunAgumas ShibabawAbdurrahman AliPublished in: SAGE open medicine (2023)
Hepatitis virus infection increases morbidity and mortality of tuberculosis patients. Therefore, screening tuberculosis patients for hepatitis virus infection is necessary to reduce the risk of antituberculosis complications.
Keyphrases
- hiv positive
- end stage renal disease
- public health
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- antiretroviral therapy
- peritoneal dialysis
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- prognostic factors
- risk factors
- emergency department
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv infected
- men who have sex with men
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- patient reported