Tuberculosis in HIV-AIDS patients in Dr. Soetomo general academic hospital Surabaya 2019-2020
1 Medical Program, Faculty of Medicine, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia.
2 Department of Internal Medicine, Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia.
3 Department of Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine, Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 16(02), 646–653
Publication history:
Received on 05 October 2022; revised on 11 November 2022; accepted on 14 November 2022
Abstract:
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks the immune system. Of the many opportunistic infections, tuberculosis (TB) was ranked the most. In 2019, out of 1.4 million TB patients who died 208,000 people were living with HIV. Aims: Knowing the data on the diagnosis of TB in HIV-AIDS patients in Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital in 2019-2020 and the relationship between the patient's length of stay and risk factors. Methods: This type of research is a descriptive study with a total sample of 293 patients using secondary data from medical records at Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital. Data analysis using the likelihood ratio test. Results: The number of patients was 293 with males gender (76%). Maximum age is >35 years (57.68%). A total of 174 patients (59%) graduated from high school and 68% of patients worked. 139 patients (47.5%) were married, with the most factor being vaginal sex at risk (48.12%). An average of 152 patients (52%) were treated for 5-10 days with a positive TB diagnosis using GeneXpert examination as many as 88 patients (58.7%). It is known that 101 patients died (34%), and a p-value is 0.038 for the relationship between the length of the patient being treated with risk factors.
Keywords:
HIV Infection; Opportunistic infection; Tuberculosis; TB-HIV; Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital
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