Predictors of tuberculosis infection among adults visiting anti-retroviral treatment center at east and west Gojjam, northwest, Ethiopia, 2017.
Habtamu Belew MeraMoges WubieGetaye TizazuAbebaw BitewTesfa BirlewPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2020)
From this study, it has been concluded that alcohol users, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2, CD4 count < 499 cells/μl, bedridden and ambulatory and TB history were predictors for TB-HIV co-infected adults. Strengthen screening more frequently, CPT Prophlaxysis and treated promptly important to reduce TB co-morbidity.
Keyphrases
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- induced apoptosis
- hiv aids
- blood pressure
- hiv infected
- antiretroviral therapy
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- cell cycle arrest
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- body mass index
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv testing
- oxidative stress
- signaling pathway
- combination therapy
- peripheral blood
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- weight gain
- men who have sex with men
- physical activity
- cell proliferation
- weight loss
- cell death