CLINICAL FEATURES OF TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS
Thirty-five case histories were analyzed in patients with tuberculous spondylitis (TS) in the presence of HIV infection. The peculiarity of TS in HIV-infected patients is a preponderance of the disseminated and multiple forms of spinal lesion. The patients of this category versus those without HIV i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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New Terra Publishing House
2014-02-01
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| Series: | Туберкулез и болезни лёгких |
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| Online Access: | https://www.tibl-journal.com/jour/article/view/33 |
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| Summary: | Thirty-five case histories were analyzed in patients with tuberculous spondylitis (TS) in the presence of HIV infection. The peculiarity of TS in HIV-infected patients is a preponderance of the disseminated and multiple forms of spinal lesion. The patients of this category versus those without HIV infection also tended to have a higher rate of significant neurological disorders (types A-C by the ASIA scale, 1992). With drastically suppressed immunity, the patients with TS and HIV infection (blood CD4+ levels of less than 200 cells/µl of blood) had the disseminated forms significantly more frequently (χ2 = 1.480; p = 0.089) and cases of multiple locations (χ2 = 4.174; p = 0.124) in the vertebral column. |
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| ISSN: | 2075-1230 2542-1506 |