Frequency of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection in Diagnosed Cases of Tuberculosis (TB) at Gulab Devi Hospital, Lahore
Abstract
To find the frequency of HIV infection in patients where Tuberculosis is the established diagnosis, at Gulab
Devi Hospital, Lahore.
This study model is of a cross-sectional type and the study duration was 6 months spanning from 17-11-2022 to
16-05-2023 in Medicine and Pulmonology departments. Permission from the Ethical Review Board was sought and
consent was taken from the participating patients.
A total of 145 patients, already diagnosed cases of tuberculosis, of both genders, were enrolled in the study through non
probability consecutive sampling method. Consent about HIV screening was sought from all the patients and upon
agreement, ELISA test was performed and labelled as positive as per operational definition.
In our study group, 38.7±12.8 years was recorded as the patients' mean age. Out of the total 145 patients, 90
(62.1%) were males and 55 (37.9%) were of the female gender. Out of the total 145 patients, 76 (52.4%) had pulmonary
TB, and 69 (47.6%) had extra-pulmonary TB. Among the total 145 patients, 8 (5.5%) were found to have co-infection with
HIV, while 137 (94.5%) did not have HIV infection.
The study concluded that 5.5% of diagnosed tuberculosis patients also had coinfection with HIV. This was predominantly recorded in patients aged 18 to 40 years.
How to Cite This Article
Amin A, Khan FA, Khan I, Imran M, Qaisar W, Rauf HA. Frequency of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection in Diagnosed Cases of Tuberculosis (TB) at Gulab Devi Hospital, Lahore. J Pak Soc Intern Med. 2024;5(4):707–710. doi:10.70302/jpsim.v5i4.2469
Conflict of Interest
All authors declare no competing interests.
Funding
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