Samuel N M, Alamelu C, Jagannath K, Rajan B
Department of Experimental Medicine/SMT, Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University, Madras.
J Indian Med Assoc. 1996 Sep;94(9):331-3.
Well documented 112 pulmonary tuberculosis patients were studied for the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seropositivity by using two antibody screening tests along with western blot test. Nineteen of the pulmonary tuberculosis patients were HIV seropositive, 12 were acid-fast bacillus smear positive; 12 patients were tuberculin skin test positive and 15 patients were culture positive. As the incidence of HIV infection is increasing in India, it is observed that patients co-infected with HIV and TB are also on the rise. Recognition of the dual infection and taking adequate steps to deal with this epidemic are needed.
对112例有充分记录的肺结核患者进行了研究，通过两种抗体筛查试验及免疫印迹试验检测人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）血清阳性率。19例肺结核患者HIV血清阳性，12例抗酸杆菌涂片阳性；12例结核菌素皮肤试验阳性，15例培养阳性。由于印度HIV感染率在上升，据观察，HIV与结核合并感染的患者也在增加。需要认识到这种双重感染并采取适当措施应对这一流行病。
