| Notification of tuberculosis in patients with AIDS. | |
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PMID: 9675743 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: In the early 1990s cases of tuberculosis in people with HIV infection and AIDS were undernotified. A study to evaluate changes in notification rates in two inner London local authorities was undertaken for the period January 1993-June 1996 inclusive. METHODS: For residents of the two local authorities, tuberculosis notifications were identified using a local database, and cases of AIDS with a recorded diagnosis of tuberculosis were identified from AIDS case reports. RESULTS: During the study period, only 13 (32 per cent) of the 41 AIDS cases with a recorded diagnosis of tuberculosis were also notified as a case of tuberculosis. However, the proportion of notified cases rose from 0 per cent (0 of 11) in 1993 to 50 per cent (5 of 10) in 1995 and 63 per cent (5 of 8) in early 1996. CONCLUSION: The increase in the tuberculosis notification rate for people with AIDS is encouraging, but scope for improvement remains. |
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Authors:
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A Ferguson; D Bennett; S Conning |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of public health medicine Volume: 20 ISSN: 0957-4832 ISO Abbreviation: J Public Health Med Publication Date: 1998 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1998-09-30 Completed Date: 1998-09-30 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9011205 Medline TA: J Public Health Med Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 218-20 Citation Subset: IM; X |
Affiliation:
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PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London. |
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AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
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epidemiology* Adult Disease Notification / statistics & numerical data* Female Humans London / epidemiology Male Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / epidemiology* |
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