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Immunocompetent Versus Immunocompromised Tuberculosis (TB) Patients
Sponsor: Sohag University
Summary
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is one of the top 10 causes of mortality worldwide. It is estimated that in 2017, 10 million people were infected with TB, and 1.6 million died from the disease, including 0.3 million people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection . TB remains the primary killer of HIV-positive individuals. TB incidence is falling at about 2% per year . Airborne transmission of M. tuberculosis typically causes TB infection in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised hosts and the disease is symptomatic and contagious .
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
16 Years - 60 Years
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
200
Start Date
2024-12-10
Completion Date
2025-06-01
Last Updated
2024-11-29
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
P24 antigens and antibody
estimation of antigens and antibodies to diagnose HIV
zeihl - Nelsen stain
staining sputum from patients with HIV to detect tubercle bacilli
culture on Lowenstein jensen media
spenciem will be inoculated on LJ media and kept for 2-8 weeks, to see small white colonies
Molecular detection of antibiotic resistance
to see the pattern of antibiotic resistance of tubercle bacilli
Locations (1)
Faculty of medicine
Sohag, Egypt