HIV and intestinal parasites in adult TB patients in a teaching hospital in Northwest Ethiopia

Trop Doct. 2007 Oct;37(4):222-4. doi: 10.1258/004947507782333026.

Abstract

The level of HIV infection and intestinal parasitoses among TB patients was assessed in a hospital-based cross-sectional study involving 257 patients in Gondar, Ethiopia. In TB patients, our study reported co-infection with HIV (52.1%) and intestinal parasites (40.9%) The high prevalence of HIV and intestinal parasites indicates an increased morbidity inTB patients and emphasized the importance of continued HIV sero-surveillance, stool analysis and treatment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Ethiopia / epidemiology
  • Eukaryota / classification
  • Eukaryota / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • HIV Antibodies / blood
  • HIV Infections* / epidemiology
  • HIV Infections* / virology
  • HIV-1 / immunology
  • Helminthiasis / complications
  • Helminthiasis / epidemiology
  • Helminthiasis / parasitology
  • Helminths / classification
  • Helminths / isolation & purification
  • Hospitals, Teaching*
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic* / complications
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic* / epidemiology
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic* / parasitology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prevalence
  • Protozoan Infections / complications
  • Protozoan Infections / epidemiology
  • Protozoan Infections / parasitology
  • Tuberculosis* / complications
  • Tuberculosis* / epidemiology

Substances

  • HIV Antibodies