Tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis in patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus.

Park, Daniel; Qin, Huifang; Jain, Sonia; Preziosi, Michael; Minuto, Joshua J; Mathews, W Chris; Moser, Kathleen S; Benson, Constance A · Clin Infect Dis · 2010

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

We reviewed 86 cases of human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis coinfection; 34.9% were caused by Mycobacterium bovis. Patients with M. bovis infection were more likely to have advanced immunosuppression (CD4 T cell counts ≤200 cells/μL). Hispanic ethnicity, male sex, and abdominal disease were strongly associated with M. bovis disease.

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