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The biological link between the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquired immune deficiency sy... more The biological link between the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and tuberculosis (TB) has been evident for some years; HIV is fueling the TB epidemic around the world, and the tuberculosis is the leading cause of death in people living with HIV, thus the integration of HIV and TB in diagnosis, treatment and prevention should increase patient care, thus we have conducted a study on the prevalence of TB/HIV co- infection among patients attending TB service in Muhima Hospital from January to August 2016 in order to assess if the prevalence of TB/HIV co-infection would be high among the patients attending TB service at Muhima District Hospital. The study populations were the patients suspected for TB attending TB service at Muhima hospital and we found that the prevalence of HIV among the patients suspected of TB equals to 24.9%. Even if this prevalence seems to be high compared to the normal population, those patients are exposed patients. According to the TB status, the prevalence of TB among the patients suspected of TB equals to 26.60%. Even if this prevalence seems to be high compared to the normal population, those patients are exposed patients regarding that Muhima hospital is surrounded by the catchment area of vulnerable population like Nyabugogo. The analysis of immunological profile of those suspected patients have been done by measuring CD4 count and the analysis of correlation between TB a been done using coefficient of correlation r where it has showed that there is a significance negative correlation between the number of CD4 and tuberculosis. This may be explained that if the immunological profile is reduced, the individuals are exposed to opportunistic disease like tuberculosis. The analysis of correlation between TB and HIV co- infection has been done using coefficient of correlation r where it has showed that there is a significance positive correlation between the number of CD4 and tuberculosis with r= .471 with p>0.05. We found also that the prevalence of co-infected patients equal to 15.6%, the HIV positive to 9%, the TB positive to 10%. As conclusion the integration of HIV/TB have to be done for proper care of the patients.
The biological link between the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquired immune deficiency sy... more The biological link between the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and tuberculosis (TB) has been evident for some years; HIV is fueling the TB epidemic around the world, and the tuberculosis is the leading cause of death in people living with HIV, thus the integration of HIV and TB in diagnosis, treatment and prevention should increase patient care, thus we have conducted a study on the prevalence of TB/HIV co- infection among patients attending TB service in Muhima Hospital from January to August 2016 in order to assess if the prevalence of TB/HIV co-infection would be high among the patients attending TB service at Muhima District Hospital. The study populations were the patients suspected for TB attending TB service at Muhima hospital and we found that the prevalence of HIV among the patients suspected of TB equals to 24.9%. Even if this prevalence seems to be high compared to the normal population, those patients are exposed patients. According to the TB status, the prevalence of TB among the patients suspected of TB equals to 26.60%. Even if this prevalence seems to be high compared to the normal population, those patients are exposed patients regarding that Muhima hospital is surrounded by the catchment area of vulnerable population like Nyabugogo. The analysis of immunological profile of those suspected patients have been done by measuring CD4 count and the analysis of correlation between TB a been done using coefficient of correlation r where it has showed that there is a significance negative correlation between the number of CD4 and tuberculosis. This may be explained that if the immunological profile is reduced, the individuals are exposed to opportunistic disease like tuberculosis. The analysis of correlation between TB and HIV co- infection has been done using coefficient of correlation r where it has showed that there is a significance positive correlation between the number of CD4 and tuberculosis with r= .471 with p>0.05. We found also that the prevalence of co-infected patients equal to 15.6%, the HIV positive to 9%, the TB positive to 10%. As conclusion the integration of HIV/TB have to be done for proper care of the patients.