HIV testing in TB clinics: a problem in practice?

The London Regional Office of the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (CDSC) has stated that all patients diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) should be offered an HIV test. 1 We sought to implement this by introducing a programme within two central London hospitals with high rates of TB, where TB...

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Published in:Thorax 2006-03, Vol.61 (3), p.271-272
Main Authors: Dart, S, Alder, D, Mamdani, M, Solamalai, A, Evans, A, Johnson, N, Cropley, I, Lipman, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambulatory Care - utilization
HIV
HIV Infections - diagnosis
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Letter to the Editor
Medical tests
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis - therapy
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Summary:The London Regional Office of the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (CDSC) has stated that all patients diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) should be offered an HIV test. 1 We sought to implement this by introducing a programme within two central London hospitals with high rates of TB, where TB specialist nurses saw all patients early in their treatment course and discussed HIV testing. Table 1 Numbers of outpatients and inpatients with active tuberculosis and unknown HIV status offered and accepting an HIV antibody test, and numbers found to be positive Outpatients(N=178) Inpatients(N=58) p value Offered HIV test 88 (49%) 43 (74%) 0.001* Accepted HIV test 61/88 (69%) 42/43 (98%)
ISSN:0040-6376
1468-3296
DOI:10.1136/thx.2005.048066