HIV/AIDS pandemic has caused a resurgence of TB, resulting in increased morbidity and
mortality worldwide. HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis have a synergistic interaction; …

Median time for progression from HIV infection to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS) was 7.9 yr in one study of patients from Mumbai5. This number is subject to a …

Background Literature on the spectrum of opportunistic disease in human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV)-infected patients from developing countries is sparse. The objective of this study …

Materials and Methods A prospective study was carried out over a period of 2 years (2010-
2011) on patients suffering from AIDS for the presence of candida infection. After thorough …

Tuberculosis (TB) has, for centuries, continued to remain a public health problem of
enormous importance, particularly in the developing world, taking a heavy toll of those at …

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common serious opportunistic infection in HIV
positive patients and is the manifestation of AIDS in more than 50% of cases in developing …

OBJECTIVES: Incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is greatest among patients with impaired
immunity. India is experiencing a double epidemic of HIV and diabetes mellitus (DM), both of …

OBJECTIVE: To study the predictors of development and determinants of outcome in
patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to tuberculosis (TB) …

In this study, 438 HIV positive patients attending the HIV clinic of Sir Sundar Lal Hospital,
IMS, BHU were enrolled. Of these 354 were males (mean CD4 count 179±9.3 cells/µl) and …

High prevalence and incidence of disease and a high rate of transmission of infection
characterise the tuberculosis (TB) situation in India. Disease surveys conducted in different …