ANALYSIS OF 100 TUBERCULOUS INFECTIONS IN HIV PATIENTS A CANTABRIAN HOSPITAL

In our setting, patients infected by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV ) show a high rate of tuberculosis infections which manifestations dep end on the level of immunodeficiency reached. Method: Clinical, radiol ogical and evolutive characteristics are discussed of 100 diagnosed tu berculosis in seropositive patients during a time span of 52 months, r elating them to the number of CD4 detected. Results: Tuberculosis pulm onar forms (65%) were more frequent than extra-pulmonar ones (35%) eve n in the advanced phases of the disease due to HIV, even tough the lat ter tend to cluster in patients with less than 200 CD1/mm. An unspecif ic febrile syndrome, normal results on simple radiological exploration and the difficulty to obtain diagnostic samples are facts which often delay th diagnosis. Conclusion: Even tough the extra-pulmonar forms a re more frequent in the last stages of the disease due to HIV, in our setting there is still a high incidence of pulmonar forms in all stage s.