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Pulmonary Tuberculosis among HIV/AIDS Patients: Chest X-ray Characteristics

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) constitute the main burden of infectious disease worldwide. Infection with HIV increases an individual's risk to 20-fold of developing active TB. Chest X-ray (CXR) is one of the important tools used in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis among people living with HIV/AIDS. The spectrum of radiological findings varies according to HIV status and immunological status. This review designed to identify the common CXR findings encountered in pulmonary TB-HIV coinfection. The electronic search was in two main databases PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar were conducted using the search term: “Chest X-ray/radiological features/ Findings/ characteristics, pulmonary TB and HIV/AIDS co-infection". It was found that typical radiological finding is closely related to the immunological status, where the atypical presentations were commonly reported in PTB-HIV confection. It could be included that interpretation of CXR in areas with a high prevalence of HIV-related TB necessitates interpreters to be provided with HIV status and the degree of immunosuppression.

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10.21608/scumj.2020.36013.1014

Keywords

Pulmonary TB, HIV/AIDS, Chest X-ray

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Majid

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Darraj

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Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Gizan city, Saudi Arabia

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mdarraj@jazanu.edu.sa

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Gizan-Saudi Arabia

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0000-0003-2291-1254

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23

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1

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17184

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2020-03-01

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2020-07-16

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2020-03-01

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1

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14

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1110-6999

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2090-2581

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Suez Canal University Medical Journal

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Pulmonary Tuberculosis among HIV/AIDS Patients: Chest X-ray Characteristics

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22 Jan 2023