Hepatic tuberculosis in human immunodeficiency virus co-infected adults: a case series of South African adults.
Lilishia GounderPravikrishnen MoodleyPaul K DrainAndrew J HickeyMahomed-Yunus S MoosaPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2017)
In our case series of HIV-infected patients, hepatic TB occurred in patients with severe immunosuppression, who presented with hepatomegaly and abnormal liver enzymes. More than half of patients had resolution of liver function by six months however the 12-month mortality remained high.
Keyphrases
- human immunodeficiency virus
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected patients
- end stage renal disease
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- hiv aids
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv infected
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- type diabetes
- emergency department
- prognostic factors
- early onset
- risk factors
- cardiovascular events
- single molecule
- coronary artery disease
- pulmonary tuberculosis