Nutritional status of persons with HIV infection, persons with HIV infection and tuberculosis, and HIV-negative individuals from southern India.

Soumya Swaminathan, C Padmapriyadarsini, B Sukumar, Sheikh Iliayas, S Ramesh Kumar, C Triveni, P Gomathy, Beena Thomas, Minnie Mathew, P R Narayanan

Journal: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2008;46(6):946-9

PMID: 18279043

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Abstract

We compared the nutritional status of individuals with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection alone, individuals with HIV infection and tuberculosis (after completion of antituberculosis treatment), and HIV-negative individuals and found that malnutrition, anemia, and hypoalbuminemia were most pronounced among HIV-positive patients with tuberculosis. Weight loss was associated with loss of fat in female patients and with loss of body cell mass in male patients.

Address: Tuberculosis Research Centre, Chetpet, Chennai, India. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1086/528860

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MeSH Terms: AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections, Adult, Anemia, Antitubercular Agents, Body Composition, Drug Therapy, Combination, Ethambutol, HIV Infections, HIV Seronegativity, Humans, Hypoalbuminemia, India, Isoniazid, Malnutrition, Nutritional Status, Pyrazinamide, Rifampin, Treatment Outcome, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary