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Clinical outcomes and mortality associated factors in patients infected with HIV receiving a presumptive anti-tuberculosis treatment in a tertiary level hospital in Burkina Faso.
In: AIDS Care, Jg. 27 (2015-10-01), Heft 10, S. 1250-1254
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Introduction: Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) in sub-Saharan Africa. In PLHIV, Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis (SNPTB) and Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis (EPTB) are predominant. Presumptive anti-tuberculosis (anti-TB) treatment is often delayed leading to a high mortality rate. Objectives: To investigate the clinical outcomes of presumptive anti-TB treatment in HIV patients suspected of having TB and to determine the factors associated with patients’ death. Methods: We conducted a retrospective descriptive study from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2008 in the Department of Internal Medicine of the Hospital Yalgado Ouédraogo on patients infected with HIV who received a presumptive anti-TB treatment. Defining patients with SNPTB or EPTB was based on the 2007 WHO's diagnostic algorithm of SNPTB and EPTB. Results: One hundred and sixteen patients of the 383 (30.2%) HIV patients hospitalized in this period were suspected of having TB. The average CD4 count was 86.1 cells/µl (SD = 42.3). A SNPTB was diagnosed in 67 patients (57.8%) and a EPTB in 49 patients (42.2%). The median length of hospitalization duration was 23.5 days. The average time of initiation of anti-TB treatment after admission was 22 days (SD = 9.2 days). Evolution during the hospital stay was favorable for 65 patients (56.0%), unfavorable for 48 patients (41.4% or 12.5% of all hospitalized patients), and 3 patients (2.6%) were treatment defaulters. In a multivariate analysis, hospitalization duration longer than 15 days and a delay of anti-TB treatment initiation of more than 30 days are independent factors associated with patients’ deaths. Conclusion: An urgent access to TB-diagnostic tools and a revision of the International algorithm for the diagnosis and treatment of SNPTB and EPTB in the context of HIV could help to reduce the delay of anti-TB treatment initiation and the mortality rate of PLHIV in sub-Saharan Africa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Clinical outcomes and mortality associated factors in patients infected with HIV receiving a presumptive anti-tuberculosis treatment in a tertiary level hospital in Burkina Faso.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Diendéré, Eric Arnaud ; Badoum, Gisele ; Bognounou, René ; Guira, Oumar ; Ilboudo, Leonce ; Tieno, Herve ; Diallo, Ismael ; Drabo, Joseph |
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Zeitschrift: | AIDS Care, Jg. 27 (2015-10-01), Heft 10, S. 1250-1254 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2015 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0954-0121 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1080/09540121.2015.1050982 |
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