Abstract
INTRODUCTION: People living with HIV (PLHIV) is known to be very susceptible at contracting other infection, including tuberculosis (TB). HIV weakens the immune system, thus increasing the risk of TB in them. The purpose of this study is to determine the characteristics of PLHIV who are infected with pulmonary tuberculosis in Kuala Lumpur & Putrajaya. METHODS: A descriptive analysis was conducted using HIV care database of PLHIV under care from January 2004 to December 2021 at all governmental health clinics in Kuala Lumpur & Putrajaya. RESULTS: There was a total number of 5,563 PLHIV registered under care, of which 5,448 (98%) had undergone screening for pulmonary tuberculosis and 462 (8%) were reported to have pulmonary tuberculosis. Ninety-six percent were recorded to be of Malaysian citizenship. The majority of cases were Malay (67%), 91% were males and 62% belonged to the age group of 30 to 49 years old, with the mean age of 44 years old. The main key population was men who have sex with men (MSM) which represented 38% of all cases, and homosexuality was the main risk factor of all (35%). From 462 PLHIV who were co-infected with TB, 54% was found to be having very low CD4 count of less than 200 cells/mm3 upon diagnosis. DISCUSSION: The prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis amongst PLHIV in Kuala Lumpur & Putrajaya was found to be 8%. PLHIV who contracted pulmonary tuberculosis were mainly Malay, aged 30 to 49 years old and homosexuals. Targeted intervention is needed to prevent the risk of developing TB in these high risk groups.
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@proceedings{APCPH2022-P-24,
title = {Characteristics of PLHIV who Contracted Pulmonary Tuberculosis In Kuala Lumpur \& Putrajaya},
author = {Mohd Erfan Edros and Ismawati Ismail and Raudah Abd Rahman and Hanisah Mustapa and Norhanismar Hashim and Mohd Tarmizie Nawi and Azizul Payiman},
url = {https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/APCPH2022-P-24.pdf
https://apcph.cphm.my/wp-content/uploads/wpforms/1176-1e04940bb5d885bf8711ed19095a89ed/APCPH-2022-Erfan-FINALE-85b5b069b1031454230e861f73368400.pdf},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-08-02},
urldate = {2022-08-02},
issue = {7},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: People living with HIV (PLHIV) is known to be very susceptible at contracting other infection, including tuberculosis (TB). HIV weakens the immune system, thus increasing the risk of TB in them. The purpose of this study is to determine the characteristics of PLHIV who are infected with pulmonary tuberculosis in Kuala Lumpur \& Putrajaya. METHODS: A descriptive analysis was conducted using HIV care database of PLHIV under care from January 2004 to December 2021 at all governmental health clinics in Kuala Lumpur \& Putrajaya. RESULTS: There was a total number of 5,563 PLHIV registered under care, of which 5,448 (98%) had undergone screening for pulmonary tuberculosis and 462 (8%) were reported to have pulmonary tuberculosis. Ninety-six percent were recorded to be of Malaysian citizenship. The majority of cases were Malay (67%), 91% were males and 62% belonged to the age group of 30 to 49 years old, with the mean age of 44 years old. The main key population was men who have sex with men (MSM) which represented 38% of all cases, and homosexuality was the main risk factor of all (35%). From 462 PLHIV who were co-infected with TB, 54% was found to be having very low CD4 count of less than 200 cells/mm3 upon diagnosis. DISCUSSION: The prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis amongst PLHIV in Kuala Lumpur \& Putrajaya was found to be 8%. PLHIV who contracted pulmonary tuberculosis were mainly Malay, aged 30 to 49 years old and homosexuals. Targeted intervention is needed to prevent the risk of developing TB in these high risk groups.},
howpublished = {published online at https://apcph.cphm.my},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: HIV/STI/Hep.C Unit, Public Health Division Kuala Lumpur \& Putrajaya Health Department},
keywords = {characteristics, PLHIV, Pulmonary Tuberculosis},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}