| Literature DB >> 27365650 |
J Debnath1, M N Sreeram2, K V Sangameswaran3, B N Panda4, S C Tewari5, Rakesh Mohan6, S K Khanna7.
Abstract
Chest radiographic appearance of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive patients was reviewed. A study group of 50 HIV +ve cases and a control group of 100 HIV -ve cases were analysed. The chest radiographs of HIV seropositive group showed significantly higher incidence of thoracic lymphadenopathy (36% vs 8%, P<.001), pleural effusion (28% vs 10%, P<.01) and miliary pattern (12% vs 2%, P<.05) as compared to the seronegative group. Cavitation was less common in the seropositive group (8% vs 35%, P<.001) than the seronegative group. Upper zone involvement was significantly less common in the study group (38% vs 77%, P<.001) as compared to the control group.Entities:
Keywords: Chest radiograph; HIV infection; Pulmonary tuberculosis
Year: 2011 PMID: 27365650 PMCID: PMC4923966 DOI: 10.1016/S0377-1237(02)80003-X
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med J Armed Forces India ISSN: 0377-1237