Abstract
Background:In India guidelines for integration between National AIDS Control Program and Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program were formulated in 2009.[1]
Aims:
1.Determine proportion of patients referred from Integrated Counseling and Testing Center (ICTC) to DOTS center.
2.Determine proportion of HIV–Tuberculosis co-infection.
Method:
Retrospective analysis of 4 year records (2009–12) at the ICTC center of a tertiary care hospital in Navi Mumbai, India was done.
Results:
11321(59.2% male, 40.7% female, 0.01% transgender) patients underwent HIV testing over 4 years.
316 (2.7%) patients tested positive for HIV. 22(6.9%) were co-infected with TB. 17/22 (77.2%) had acid fast bacilli in sputum.
The ICTC centre referred 930 (8.2%) of their clients to DOTS center.Of these, 24.4% were HIV positive.
9.6% HIV positive and 9.9% HIV negative chest symptomatic patients referred to DOTS were diagnosed with TB.
Trends :
Table1: Trends 2009-2012
Conclusions:
1. 8.2% of total ICTC clients were referred for detection of TB.
2. 2.7% of total ICTC clients tested were HIV positive. 6.9% of HIV patients had TB, 77.2% were sputum positive.
Ref: 1. National framework for joint HIV/TB collaborative activities: http://tbcindia.nic.in.
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