Incidence and predictors of tuberculosis among adult people living with human immunodeficiency virus at the University of Gondar Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases 2013-06, Vol.13 (1), p.292-292, Article 292
• Main Authors: Addis Alene, Kefyalew, Nega, Ansha, Wasie Taye, Belaynew
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Adolescent; Adult; AIDS; Antiretroviral drugs; Clinics; Colleges & universities; Ethiopia - epidemiology; Female; Health aspects; Health sciences; HIV; HIV infection; HIV Infections - epidemiology; HIV Infections - microbiology; HIV patients; Hospitals; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Incidence; Infections; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Middle Aged; Mycobacterium; Patients; Proportional Hazards Models; Public health; Referral and Consultation; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Statistics; Teaching hospitals; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis - epidemiology; Tuberculosis - virology
• ISSN: 1471-2334; 1471-2334
• DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-292

Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading killer of people living with HIV (PLHIV). Many of these deaths occur in developing countries. This study aimed at determining the incidence and predictors of tuberculosis among PLHIV. A five year retrospective follow up study was conducted among adult PLHIV. The Cox proportional hazards model was used to identify predictors. A total of 470 patients were followed and produced 1724.13 Person-Years (PY) of observation, and 136 new TB cases occurred during the follow up period. The overall incidence density of TB was 7.88 per 100 PY. It was high (95.9/100PY) in the first year of enrolment. The cumulative proportion of TB- free survivals was 79% and 67% at the end of the first and fifth years, respectively. Baseline WHO clinical stage III (AHR = 2.88, 95% CI = 1.53-5.43), WHO clinical stage IV (AHR = 3.82, 95% CI = 1.86-7.85), CD4 count