The socio-demographic, clinical characteristics and outcomes of tuberculosis among HIV infected adults in Lithuania: A thirteen-year analysis.
Elzbieta MatulyteEdita DavidavicieneZavinta KancauskieneSaulius DiktanasAidas KausasDaiva VelyvyteJurgita UrbonieneVilnele LipnickieneMegan LaurencikaiteEdvardas DanilaDominique CostagliolaRaimonda MatulionytePublished in: PloS one (2023)
In the TB-HIV-infected adult cohort in Lithuania, unemployment, imprisonment, IDU, alcohol abuse, known to be risk factors for TB, were very frequent. Drug resistance was an undeniable risk factor for unsuccessful treatment outcome and imprisonment was associated with drug resistant TB.
Keyphrases
- hiv infected
- drug resistant
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- antiretroviral therapy
- multidrug resistant
- acinetobacter baumannii
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv aids
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- emergency department
- type diabetes
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- adipose tissue
- hepatitis c virus
- alcohol consumption
- skeletal muscle
- weight loss