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| De Oliveira,SMVL; Paniago,AMM; Bonecini-Almeida,MG; Bertoni,N; Stabile,AC; Da Cunha,RV; De Oliveira,OA; Druzian,AF; Negri,AC; Andreotti,R. |
| A cross-sectional study on HIV/AIDS was carried out in 108 outpatients from the university hospital of the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil, from July to December 2008, to investigate latent tuberculosis infection using the tuberculin skin test (TST). The prevalence of positive results was 13.9%. The CD4+ T cell count (p = 0.091) and the diagnosis time (p = 0.010) were statistically significant when compared with TST positivity. In the cohort of HIV/AIDS patients who had latent tuberculosis infection, the median diagnosis time was eight years. Undetectable viral load presented significant association (p = 0.046) with tuberculosis infection. The fact that numerous individuals with HIV/AIDS infection presented a negative... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Tuberculin skin test; Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; CD4/CD8 cell count. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992010000200010 |
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