Co-infection tuberculosis/HIV: clinical and epidemiological profile in the municipality of Porto Velho in Rondônia from 2010 to 2020

Abstract

Objective: To describe the clinical and epidemiological profile of Tuberculosis/HIV (TB/HIV) co-infection in the municipality of Porto Velho. Methods: This was a retrospective epidemiological study with a quantitative approach based on secondary data collected from the National Information System for Notifiable Diseases (SINAN) in the municipality of Porto Velho from 2010 to 2020. Results: A total of 5,932 cases of tuberculosis were reported in the period, of which 692 (12%) were co-infected with HIV. The profile of coinfected individuals followed the following pattern: male gender 497 (71.8%), incomplete elementary education 191 (27.6%), age between 20 and 39 years 396 (57.2%), brown race 533 (77.0%), pulmonary form 422 (61%) and ODT not performed 454 (65.6%). In addition, 449 (64.9%) of the notifications had no information about the completion of ART. Cure was the main clinical outcome 317 (45.8%). Conclusion: In this study, the TB/HIV coinfection rate found was 12%, a figure that may be even higher since 21.7% of the reported patients did not undergo the serological test for HIV. There is a predominance of male cases, with incomplete primary education, mixed race and pulmonary clinical form, a worrying fact was that 65.6% did not perform DOT.