A STUDY OF X-RAY PATTERN IN HIV PATIENTS IN RELATION TO CD4 COUNT
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 23
Abstract
BACKGROUND HIV and Tuberculosis have close liaison from a long duration. Sometimes, it becomes very essential for early diagnosis of tuberculosis in patients with HIV. Simple x-ray chest often helps in the diagnosis of tuberculosis, especially in relation with variation of CD4 count. Aim- To evaluate the extent and severity of illness from a simple x-ray of chest in patient with HIV. MATERIALS AND METHODS A descriptive study was conducted over 100 HIV patients in a tertiary care medical college hospital in Kolkata in West Bengal, India during the period from Jan 2015 to Jan 2016. RESULTS The studied group consisted predominantly of male patients and majority were from 30 - 50 years’ age group. Patients with CD4 count less than 200/cc were having abnormal radiology in all patients (100%) as compared to patients having above 200/cc CD4 count, where radiological abnormalities were found in 53.3%. Pulmonary infiltrate was predominant in both the groups below and above 200/cc CD4 count (20% vs. 27%). Extrapulmonary radiological features were more in high CD4 count group (10% vs. 5%). CONCLUSION In patients with lower CD4 count, radiological abnormalities were more compared to patients with higher CD4 count. Pulmonary infiltrate is more in both the groups and extrapulmonary radiological abnormalities were slightly more in higher CD4 count group.
Authors and Affiliations
Sumita Mukherjee Basu Mullick, Sujit Kumar Bhattacharyya, Kumarjit Sinha, Abhijit Mandal
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