HIV Seroprevalence Among Tuberculosis Patients Visiting Rntcp Centre In A Tertiary Care Hospital In Andhra Pradesh

Tuberculosis is the commonest opportunistic infection occurring among HIV-positive individuals in India and it is estimated that 60-70 per cent of HIV-positive patients will develop tuberculosis in their lifetime. We have evaluated the Seroprevalence of HIV infection in patients diagnosed with Tuberculosis and visiting to RNTCP centre for the treatment in a tertiary care teaching hospital, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. The study was conducted in Tertiary care hospital in Rayalaseema zone of Andhra Pradesh at RNTCP centre in which 950 patients were screened for HIV over the period of 2 years. World Health Organisation (WHO) approved kit ‘Tridot’ was used for the HIV detection. The incidence of HIV/TB co-infection was determined as a proportion of HIV seropositive individuals to the total number of patients under consideration and expressed as a percentage. It was highest among TB patients aged 21-40 years (78.3%) followed by those aged 41-60 years (1.7%), 18-20 years (20%) and least among those aged above 60 years (25.00%).There is significant association between age and HIV infection among TB patients in this study and the P value is