Delays in HIV and TB diagnosis and treatment initiation in co-infected patients in Colombia

dc.contributor.authorRíos Hincapié, Cielo Yaneth
dc.contributor.authorRojas, Marcela
dc.contributor.authorLópez, Martha E.
dc.contributor.authorPorras-Ramírez, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorLuque, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorPelissari, Daniele Maria
dc.contributor.authorLópez López, Lucelly
dc.contributor.authorRueda, Zulma Vanessa
dc.contributor.orcidPorras-Ramírez, Alexandra [0000-0002-0800-1388]
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-12T17:02:45Z
dc.date.available2020-05-12T17:02:45Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractenglishWe investigated the delays in the diagnosis of tuberculosis and/or HIV, their treatment initiation, and factors associated with each delay. All drug-susceptible tuberculosis cases diagnosed in 2014 and 2015 in Colombia, with a confirmed diagnosis of HIV were included. A total of 1909 patients were registered with tuberculosis/HIV co-infection. Seventy-nine percent of patients were men, 50% had sputum smear-negative tuberculosis, culture was done in 50% of cases, 68.5% had <200 CD4 cell count at diagnosis, and 35% had concurrent tuberculosis/HIV diagnosis. Delays in the tuberculosis diagnosis were identified in 54.8% of the patients, and delays in tuberculosis and HIV treatment initiation in 41.8% and 27.4%, respectively. The risk factors associated with delay in tuberculosis diagnosis were age between 15–34 and ≥45 years, and those patients who received tuberculin skin test. The risk factor associated with antiretroviral therapy initiation delay was previously-treated tuberculosis patients after failure. It is necessary to implement strategies for early detection and treatment initiation of HIV and to use rapid test for tuberculosis diagnosis in this population.eng
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177%2F0956462419881074
dc.identifier.issn0956-4624
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12495/2622
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSAGEspa
dc.publisher.journalInternational journal of STD and AIDSspa
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInternational journal of STD and AIDS, 0956-4624, Vol. 31, Nro. 5, 2020, p. 410-419spa
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956462419881074
dc.rights.creativecommons2020
dc.rights.localAcceso cerradospa
dc.subject.decsTerapia antirretroviral altamente activaspa
dc.subject.decsTiempo de tratamientospa
dc.subject.decsEstudio comparativospa
dc.subject.keywordsTuberculosisspa
dc.subject.keywordsHIVspa
dc.subject.keywordsAntituberculosis treatmentspa
dc.titleDelays in HIV and TB diagnosis and treatment initiation in co-infected patients in Colombiaspa
dc.title.translatedDelays in HIV and TB diagnosis and treatment initiation in co-infected patients in Colombiaspa
dc.typearticlespa
dc.type.hasversioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.type.localartículospa

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