Clinical profile predictors of poor outcome of adult HIV-tuberculosis patients in a tertiary care centre in north India

摘要

Background & objectives:There is a paucity of data from India on response to treatment of tuberculosis (TB) in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-TB co-infection. This study was done to assess the frequency and pattern of TB, outcome of anti-tuberculosis treatment, and the factors related to poor outcome of TB treatment in adult patients with HIV infection.