Publications
Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis and Its Association with HIV in Patients Hospitalized in a Tertiary Care Center A Cross-Sectional Study
Murthy, Nitin Yashas; Umesh, Soumya; Ravindran, Gherard D. Abstract
Context:
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) presentation can be unusual, and the diagnosis may often be challenging when associated with HIV.
Aims:
This study was conducted to find out the pattern of newly diagnosed EPTB in hospitalized patients, the diagnostic modalities used to arrive at the diagnosis, frequency of HIV positivity among them, and its association with CD4 counts.
Settings and Design:
All patients newly diagnosed to have EPTB admitted in a tertiary care medical college hospital in various departments over 1 year were included.
