Prevalence and predictors of tuberculosis infection among people living with HIV in a high tuberculosis burden context.

There was a high TB infection prevalence among PLHIV. A longer period of ART and obesity were independently associated with TB infection. The relationship between obesity/overweight and TB infection may be related to ART use and immune reconstitution and requires further investigation. Given the known benefit of test-directed TPT among PLHIV never exposed to TPT, its clinical and cost implications for low and middle-income countries should be explored further.