Human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis coinfection: clinical features and predictors of mortality

Gumuser, Fatma; Altinkaynak, Merve; Yildiz Sevgi, Dilek; Altuntas Aydin, Ozlem; Mete, Bilgül; Gunduz, Alper; Kumbasar Karaosmanoglu, Hayat; BOLUKÇU, SİBEL; Tabak, Omer; Vahaboglu, Mustafa

doi:10.3906/sag-1706-76

Human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis coinfection: clinical features and predictors of mortality

Gumuser F., Altinkaynak M., Yildiz Sevgi D., Altuntas Aydin O., Mete B. , Gunduz A., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol.48, no.3, pp.503-508, 2018 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 48 Issue: 3
Publication Date: 2018
Doi Number: 10.3906/sag-1706-76
Title of Journal : TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Page Numbers: pp.503-508

Abstract

Background/aim: This study was undertaken to identify subjects with human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis (HIV/TB) coinfection in a group of HIV-positive patients followed at five different healthcare centers, and to determine the demographic and clinical characteristics of these subjects as well as the predictors of mortality.