HIV infection and tuberculosis comorbidity: what is the cause of death?
https://doi.org/10.18093/0869-0189-2015-25-4-461-464
Abstract
The aim. The purpose of this study was to analyze causes of deaths of hospitalised HIV infected patients with tuberculosis.
Methods. Medical reports of patients with tuberculosis who died in a specialized hospital of Samara city in 2013 were analyzed using the total sampling method.
Results. Ninety per cent of deaths in hospitalised HIV infected TB patients were caused by end stage AIDS with the high proportion (82%) of miliary tuberculosis, involvement of multiple organs (53%) and drug dependence (88%).
Conclusion. Improving interaction of TB specialists and experts on HIV infec tion is needed to improve statistic analysis of morbidity of and mortality from tuberculosis and to reduce mortality from these comorbid diseases.
About the Authors
B. E. Borodulin
State Institution "Samara State Medical University", Healthcare Ministry of Russia: 89, Chapaevskaya str., Samara, 443099, Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
MD, Professor, Head of Department of Phthisiology and Pulmonology, State Institution "Samara State Medical University", Healthcare Ministry of Russia; tel.: (846) 3325735
E. A. Borodulina
State Institution "Samara State Medical University", Healthcare Ministry of Russia: 89, Chapaevskaya str., Samara, 443099, Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
MD, Professor, Department of Phthisiology and Pulmonology, State Institution "Samara State Medical University", Healthcare Ministry of Russia; tel.: (846) 3325735
E. S. Vdoushkina
State Institution "Samara State Medical University", Healthcare Ministry of Russia: 89, Chapaevskaya str., Samara, 443099, Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Resident Physician at Department of Phthisiology and Pulmonology, State Institution "Samara State Medical University", Healthcare Ministry of Russia; tel.: (846) 3325735
T. N. Matkina
State Institution "Samara State Medical University", Healthcare Ministry of Russia: 89, Chapaevskaya str., Samara, 443099, Russia
N.V.Postnikov Samara State Regional Clinical Antituberculosis Institution: 48, Pionerskaya str., Samara, 443099, Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Applicant at Department of Phthisiology and Pulmonology, State Institution «Samara State Medical University», Health care Ministry of Russia, phthisiatrician at N.V.Postnikov Samara State Regional Clinical Antituberculosis Institution; tel.: (846) 3325735
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Borodulin B.E., Borodulina E.A., Vdoushkina E.S., Matkina T.N. HIV infection and tuberculosis comorbidity: what is the cause of death? PULMONOLOGIYA. 2015;25(4):461-464. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.18093/0869-0189-2015-25-4-461-464
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