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Table 4 Characteristics of the HIV subjects with active tuberculosis

From: Contribution of a heparin-binding haemagglutinin interferon-gamma release assay to the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in HIV-infected patients: comparison with the tuberculin skin test and the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-tube

Subject

Demographics

Baseline HIV parameters

Clinical presentation

1

47y

CD4: 68 (6%)

Unmasking miliary TB-IRIS

 

Caucasian

VL: not tested

 
  

cART: yes

 

2

42y

CD4:124 (14%)

Miliary TB

 

Sub saharan

VL: 712000

 
  

cART: no

 

3

28y

CD4: 26 (6%)

Miliary TB

 

Sub saharan

VL: 8070000

 
  

cART: no

 

4

38y

CD4: 141 (35%)

Pulmonary TB

 

Sub saharan

VL < 40

 
  

cART: yes

 

5

38y

CD4: 25 (5%)

Pulmonary and ganglionary TB

 

Sub saharan

VL: 201000

 
  

cART: no

 

6

43y

CD4: 580 (37%)

ART-associated Pleuro-pulmonary TB

 

Sub saharan

VL <40

 
  

cART: yes

 
  1. ART: antiretroviral therapy; cART: combination ART; CD4: CD4+ T cell count cells/mm3 (percentage); TB: Tuberculosis; TB-IRIS: TB-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome; VL: viral load (copies/ml); y: years.