Risk Factors Of Hiv-Tuberculosis Co-Infection In Goma Town, Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Research Article
NdabahwejeMinani., Tsongo Kibendelwa., MboMukonkole and KayembeTshilumba
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Medicine
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Risk Factors, co-infection TB-HIV, Goma DRC
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Introduction: Tuberculosis and HIV form a lethal associationcombination in the world. In case so far HIV affects the immune. System system, a seropositive person has a 10% of risk to develop tuberculosis every year whereas a seronegative person has a risk of 10 times higher all his life long. Therefore, the objective of the present work is to analyseis socio-demographic, clinic, therapeutic and evaluative profile of TB/-HIV co-infection in Goma town. Material and methods: The method study is retrospective and transversal. It looks into examines 1789 patients affected with tuberculosis including 208 co-infected by tuberculosis and HIV aged or 15 years old or more and monitored either as out patients or hospitalized in the services of taking care of HIV-AIDS and tuberculosis in Goma town. Calculation of percentage or the O.R helped us to analyze the data. Results: Co-infection TB-HIV prevalence is 11.6%. Women have got a higher rise are of high risk (multiplied by 1.57 versus 0.64 for men). The risk is multiplied by 1.99 for the age group between 31 and 45 years. The risk of tuberculosis with negative bacilloscopy is multiplied by 3.77 in case of co-infection. The systemic inflammatory response syndrome SRIS remains the reaction to the treatment highly observed to co-infected patients. Whereas, jaundice icterus was the mostly observed to the non-co-infected. The risk of death is multiplied by 6.34 at the end of the most coinfection TB-/HIV co-infection. Conclusion: The prevalence of co-infection HIV-TB is high in GOMA town. Co-infection is more common toin women and characterized by negativity of basilloscopy to Zhieh-Nielsen coloration in 11.6% of cases.