Abstract
A high prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) among HIV-positive injecting drug users (IDUs) may fuel the TB epidemic in the general population of Romania. We determined the frequency and characteristics of TB in HIV-infected IDUs referred to a national centre. Prospective observational cohort study of all newly-diagnosed HIV-positive IDUs admitted to Victor Babes Hospital, Bucharest, between January 2009 and December 2014. Socio-demographics, clinical characteristics and outcomes of HIV/TB co-infected IDUs were compared to HIV-positive IDUs without TB. 170/598 (28.5%) HIV-infected IDUs were diagnosed with TB. The prevalence increased from 12.5% in 2009 to 32.1% in 2014 (P < 0.001). HIV/TB co-infected individuals had lower median CD4 cell counts 75 (vs. 450/mm3 , P < 0.0001) and higher median HIV viral loads 5.6 log10 (vs. 4.9 log10 , P < 0.0001) when presenting to healthcare services. 103/170 (60.6%) HIV/TB co-infected IDUs were diagnosed with pulmonary TB. Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains were common, with 18/105 (17.1%) of patients having Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) disease. Higher mortality rate was associated with TB co-infection (P < 0.0001), extra-pulmonary TB (P = 0.0026) and extensively drug resistant TB (P = 0.024...Continue Reading
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