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Recommendations on the Management of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Tuberculosis Coinfection
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March 31, 2015

Recommendations on the Management of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Tuberculosis Coinfection

From 1996 to 2012, 358 (26.5%) of reported AIDS were defined primarily by TB. In 2005 and 2007, it briefly overtook Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia as the most common AIDS-defining condition. It is estimated that 1% of all TB disease in Hong Kong is associated with HIV. The corresponding figure in the US is 8%.

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In Hong Kong, extrapulmonary TB and, at CD4 count <200/μL,pulmonary TB and TB of cervical lymph node are AIDS-defining conditions. From 1996 to 2012, 358 (26.5%) of reported AIDS were defined primarily by TB. In 2005 and 2007, it briefly overtook Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia as the most common AIDS-defining condition. It is estimated that 1% of all TB disease in Hong Kong is associated with HIV. The corresponding figure in the US is 8%.

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