Tuberculous meningitis and HIV.
Indian J Pediatr
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2005 Sep; 72(9): 755-60
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-84016
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To identify factors associated with HIV-infected status in children admitted with tuberculous meningitis (TBM), and to find out whether HIV co-infection affects in-hospital outcome.METHODS:
This prospective hospital-based study was conducted from May 2000 to August 2003. All consecutive children, aged 1 month to 12 years of age, admitted with a diagnosis of TBM were enrolled. Relationship between 35 features viz., two demographic factors, nine clinical features, 13 neurological features, five laboratory (including cerebrospinal fluid) parameters, six radiological (including computed tomography scan brain) features, and the two outcomes (disabled survivor or death); with HIV-infected status was assessed.RESULTS:
Of a total 123 TBM cases enrolled, eight (6.5%) were HIV-infected. There was no significant difference between the two groups, except that more children in the HIV-infected group had Hb < 8 gm/dl both on bivariate analysis, (OR, 12.0; 95% CI, 2.6-55.9; P = 0.001) and on multivariate analysis (OR, 12.30; 95% CI, 1.9-79.6; P = 0.008). Outcome was similar in both the groups.CONCLUSION:
Only presence of Hb < 8 gm/dl was associated with HIV-infected status. HIV co-infection did not affect the outcome.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Tuberculosis, Meningeal
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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HIV Infections
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Logistic Models
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Incidence
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Prospective Studies
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Pediatr
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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