Epidemiology, detection and problems of control of coinfection of HIV and tuberculosis in the republic of Karelia

Abstract

The dynamics, characteristics of prevalence of HIV-infection combined with tuberculosis during last 5 years were investigated on the territory of the Republic of Karelia. The sampling of 107 medical records of patients with HIV-infection combined with tuberculosis during 2001-2014 was analyzed. It is established that against the background of wide prevalence of strains of mycobacteria of tuberculosis with multiple medicinal resistance in the region (primary multiple medicinal resistance - 46.5%) occurs late diagnostic of HIV-infection combined with tuberculosis in the Republic of Karelia (IV-V stage of HIV-infection - 72.9%). This situation, along with significant annual influx of patients with combined infection from the system of Federal penitentiary service of Russia into civil sector, facilitates further prevalence of this infection on the territory of the Republic of Karelia. The revealed characteristics of social structure and prevalence of combined infection require development of special programs of accurate monitoring of risk groups including measures of social support concerning persons without fixed address and persons leaving Federal penitentiary service of Russia into civil sector. With regard to frequent addition of other consecutive infections and atypical clinical radiologic picture of tuberculosis. frequent detection of multiple medicinal resistance of mycobacteria of tuberculosis it is necessary, for accelerated etiologic diagnostic, implementing molecular genetic diagnostic (Gene X-pert) in case of suspicion of occurrence of this disease in individuals with combined pathology (tuberculosis and HIV-infection).