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dc.contributor.author | HDN Nyamogoba | - |
dc.contributor.author | S Mining | - |
dc.contributor.author | G Kikuvi | - |
dc.contributor.author | R Kikuvi | - |
dc.contributor.author | S Mpoke | - |
dc.contributor.author | D Menya | - |
dc.contributor.author | PG Waiyaki | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-09T12:12:58Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-08-09T12:12:58Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v12i3.9 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1331 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV co-infections have a global prevalence with devastating morbidity and massive mortality, Sub-Saharan Africa being the worst hit. Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of TB-HIV co-infection and demonstrate the confusion caused by NTM and HIV/ AIDS co-infection in TB diagnosis and treatment in western Kenya. Methods: In a cross-sectional study carried out at 10 hospitals in western Kenya, sputa from consenting 872 TB suspects underwent microscopy, and culture on Lowenstein-Jensen and Mycobacteria Growth Index Tube media. Isolates were identified using the Hain’s GenoType ® Mycobacterium CM and GenoType ® Mycobacterium AS kits. A total of 695 participantswere screened for HIV using Uni-Gold TM test and positives confirmed with the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. Results: A total of 346 (39.7%) participants were diagnosed with TB. Out of the 346 TB cases, 263 (76%) were tested for HIV infection and 110 (41.8%) of these were sero-positive (co-infected). The female to male TB-HIV co-infection prevalence ratio (PR) was 1.35. This study reports isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria from TB suspects at a rate of 1.7%. Conclusion: A high TB-HIV co-infection rate was observed in this study. The NTM disease could be misdiagnosed and treated as TB in western Kenya. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | African Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject | Tuberculosis | en_US |
dc.subject | HIV co-infection | en_US |
dc.subject | High prevalence | en_US |
dc.subject | TB diagnosis | en_US |
dc.title | HIV co-infection with tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacteria in western Kenya: challenges in the diagnosis and managemen | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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