Pulmonary tuberculosis among people living with HIV/AIDS attending care and treatment in rural northern Tanzania

摘要

BackgroundTuberculosis is the commonest opportunistic infection and the number one cause of death in HIV/AIDS patients in developing countries. To address the extent of the tuberculosis HIV coinfection in rural Tanzania we conducted a cross sectional study including HIV/AIDS patients attending care and treatment clinic from September 2006 to March 2007.