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HIV coinfection with tuberculosis history and symptoms
Introduction
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Symptoms
Symptoms
- In early-stage HIV infection (CD4 count >300 cells per µL), TB typically presents as a pulmonary disease.
- In advanced HIV infection, TB often presents atypically with extra-pulmonary (systemic) disease a common feature.
In patients with severe immunosuppression are lower-zone, noncavitating nodular opacities or consolidation, often with hilar or mediastinal adenopathy.
- Symptoms are usually constitutional and are not localized to one particular site, often affecting bone marrow, bone, urinary and gastrointestinal tracts, liver, regional lymph nodes, and the central nervous system.[1]
- Inpatients with HIV-associated tuberculosis in countries with a high burden of HIV infection and tuberculosis frequently present with sepsis and organ dysfunction.And almost half of them have mycobacteremia.
- Bloodstream infection with M. tuberculosis can be associated with coagulopathy, elevated levels of markers of endothelial damage, and innate immune system activation and immune dysfunction
References
References
- ↑ Decker CF, Lazarus A (2000). “Tuberculosis and HIV infection. How to safely treat both disorders concurrently”. Postgrad Med. 108 (2): 57–60, 65–8. PMID 10951746. Retrieved 2012-04-02. Unknown parameter
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