High Tuberculosis and HIV Coinfection Rate, Johannesburg

Melanie-Anne John,Ian Sanne,Colin Nigel Menezes,Martin Peter Grobusch,Gajendra Chita

doi:10.3201/eid1305.060908

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Abstract

High Tuberculosis and HIV Coinfection Rate, Johannesburg

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Basic demographic, TB, and HIV data from patient records were documented on standard data collection forms
72 (19%) of 373 patients who were receiving TB treatment had no record of a diagnostic effort to confirm TB
The peak age incidence of TB in our population corresponds with previously published data and is similar to the peak age incidence of the HIV epidemic in South Africa [6]

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Introduction

TB, and HIV data from patient records were documented on standard data collection forms. A total of 467 patients receiving TB treatment were counseled; 8 of these patients refused the TB counseling service, and 2 refused voluntary counseling and testing for HIV. These 467 patients constituted 13% of medical admissions and excluded the 1,075 patients seen at the hospital’s outpatient clinic with suspected TB for this 3-month period. Our impression is that this figure constitutes an underrepresentation of the total TB admissions because TB counselors were not able to see every patient with TB.

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