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  • Title: [Role of human immunodeficiency virus infection in 67 patients with tuberculosis].
    Author: Beaulieu P, Molina JM, Rouveau M, Garrait V, Casin I, Doco-Lecompte T, Lagrange P, Decazes JM, Modaï J.
    Journal: Ann Med Interne (Paris); 1993; 144(5):323-8. PubMed ID: 8291841.
    Abstract:
    This retrospective study compared the epidemiological, clinical and bacteriological characteristics of tuberculosis in HIV-infected (HIV+) and seronegative (HIV-) patients in France. It included 67 cases of tuberculosis observed in the hospital setting between 1985 and 1990. The 35 HIV+ patients (52.2%) were more frequently of European origin, while those of African origin were HIV-. Disseminated tuberculosis predominated in HIV+ patients, as opposed to pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV- patients. The tuberculin test was more often positive in HIV- patients than in HIV+ ones (65.6 versus 17.1%; p < 0.001). Direct bacteriological examination of the sputum was positive more frequently in HIV- than HIV+ patients (56.2 versus 22.8%; p < 0.01). A high percentage of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated from HIV+ patients (20%) was resistant to anti-tuberculous drugs, primarily isoniazid, while no resistance was found in HIV- patients. The initial response to treatment and the therapy-associated side effects did not differ between the two groups. Four relapses (11.4%) occurred in HIV+ patients, raising the question of the indication of drug prophylaxis following tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients.
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