CLINICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL MARKERS IN KENYAN PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT HIV-1

Amongst newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients, 44% were co-i nfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Pulmonary tuberculosi s patients with HIV-1 presented more frequently with lymphadenopathy a nd diarrhoea than those without HIV-1, Peripheral blood CD4+ counts we re significantly lower in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis with HI V-1 than those with pulmonary tuberculosis alone, P=0.0292, CD4+ lymph ocyte counts, lymphadenopathy and BCG scar could serve as indicators o f HIV-1 infection in pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients.