Two Cases of HIV-Tuberculosis Coinfection
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Case Reports
VOLUME: 4 ISSUE: 3
P: 115 - 118
September 2008

Two Cases of HIV-Tuberculosis Coinfection

Med J Bakirkoy 2008;4(3):115-118
1. Haseki Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları Kliniği, İstanbul
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Received Date: 22.11.2007
Accepted Date: 16.02.2008
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ABSTRACT

Tuberculosis may have various manifestations in HIV positive patients according to the severity of immunosuppression. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis had a prominent increase during HIV/AIDS pandemic. The most frequent forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis are lymph node and pleural tuberculosis. Two cases of HIV/AIDS+tuberculosis lymphadenitis are reported to stress on the increase of tuberculosis in HIV positive cases and the frequency of extrapulmonary tuberculosis.

Keywords:
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, opportunistic infection