Human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis coinfection: clinical features and predictors of mortality

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Gumuser F., Altinkaynak M., Yildiz Sevgi D., Altuntas Aydin O., Mete B., Gunduz A., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol.48, no.3, pp.503-508, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 48 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.3906/sag-1706-76
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.503-508
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background/aim: This study was undertaken to identify subjects with human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis (HIV/TB) coinfection in a group of HIV-positive patients followed at five different healthcare centers, and to determine the demographic and clinical characteristics of these subjects as well as the predictors of mortality.