Medical Care for Tuberculosis-HIV-Coinfected Patients in Russia with Respect to a Changeable Patients' Structure.

ABSTRACT: To date, tuberculosis (TB) remains the primary cause of mortality in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients in Russia. Since the beginning of 2000, a sharp change in the HIV patients' structure, to the main known risk factors for HIV infection has taken place in Russia. The transmission of HIV through injectable drug use has begun to decline significantly, giving way to the prevalence of sexual HIV transmission today. These changes may require adjustments to organizational approaches to anti-TB care and the treatment of HIV-positive patients. Our study is aimed at identifying changes in TB-HIV coinfection patients' structures in 2019 compared to 2000. Based on the results obtained, our goal was to point out the parameters that need to be taken into account when developing approaches t

SUBMITTER: Frolova OP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9228798 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature