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Frequency of HIV infection amongst children with disseminated tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis in Aligarh (North India) - a low HIV prevalence area. | LitMetric

Objective: To determine frequency of HIV in children with disseminated tuberculosis and tuberculous meningitis in a low HIV prevalence area, and to study clinical profile of those found HIV positive.

Study Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India from February 2005 to January 2008.

Methodology: The study was conducted on 215 children under 14 years of age with either disseminated tuberculosis or tuberculous meningitis. HIV infection was diagnosed in accordance with WHO strategy II. In children younger than 18 months, the strategy (to cut down costs) was to screen first by HIV antibody testing and subject only positive cases to virological tests. Parents of HIV positive children were also tested for HIV and counselled. The clinical profile of HIV positive patients was noted.

Results: The frequency of HIV was 5.12%, while that in cases of disseminated tuberculosis was much higher (22%). No case with isolated tuberculous meningitis was HIV positive. The majority (45.45%) of patients with HIV were between 1-5 years of age. The mode of infection in 7 (63.63%) cases was parent to child transmission. Loss of weight, prolonged fever, pallor, hepato-splenomegaly and oral candidiasis were the commonest clinical manifestations among HIV positive patients.

Conclusion: Clinically directed selective HIV screening in cases of disseminated tuberculosis can pickup undiagnosed cases of the same in areas with low prevalence of HIV infection.

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