Prevalence of tuberculosis among HIV patients in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Background: Tuberculosis [TB] is the commonest infection that has been reported in HIV/AIDS patients in developing countries. This cross sectional study has been conducted in the chest clinic, King Abdulaziz Hospital and Oncology Center to evaluate the prevalence of TB among these patients in Saudi Arabia

Methods: across sectional survey has been conducted in the City of Jeddah, Chest Department, King Abdul-Aziz Hospital and Oncology Center of total 172 HIV positive patients

Conclusion: we have found that the majority of HIV/AIDS patients had tuberculosis and the rest of them had a high susceptibility to get it. Radiograph has also TB findings .TB can occur at any stage of CD4+T cells depletion