TO STUDY THE SOCIOCLINICAL PROFILE OF TUBERCULOSIS IN HIV PATIENTS AT TERTIARY CENTRE, JABALPUR, MADHYA PRADESH

DR. DINESH KUMAR MALVIYA

Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2018

TO STUDY THE SOCIOCLINICAL PROFILE OF TUBERCULOSIS IN HIV PATIENTS AT TERTIARY CENTRE, JABALPUR, MADHYA PRADESH

Dr. Dinesh Kumar Malviya

Abstract :

INTRODUCTION:– Tuberculosis remains the most common opportunistic. HIV promotes the progression to active TB disease, both in people with recently acquired TB infection and with latent M. tuberculosis infection.

MATERIAL AND METHODS:– It was an observational study including 70 Tuberculosis with HIV Coinfected patients who were willing to be a part of the study. Tuberculosis With HIV coinfected individuals not willing to undergo above study exclude from our study. Aim of our study is to study the socioclinical profile of Tuberculosis in HIV patients at tertiary centre, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.

RESULTS:– In our study, out of the 70 Tuberculosis with HIV coinfected patients, majority 39 (55.7%) were belonging to less than 40 years of age, male 52 (74.3%), married patients 62 (88.6%), Pulmonary TB 57 (81.4%), less educated group with majority among the group educated till 12th standard (70.0%), majority (64.3%) of Tuberculosis with HIV infected individuals were in <836 percapita group.

CONCLUSION:– Tuberculosis with HIV Coinfection was common among male, married, middle aged adult, low socioeconomic class and those with low education. Provision of free antitubercular & antiretroviral treatment by the government of India is a step in the right direction and it should be extended to the entire country.