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Tuberculin Skin Test and CD4+/CD8+ T Cell Counts in Adults Infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Medellín, Colombia | |
Ji Rodríguez1  M Arias1  Sc París1  Mp Arbeláez1  J Betancur1  Lf García1  | |
关键词: HIV; tuberculin; BCG vaccination; CD4; CD8; | |
DOI : 10.1590/S0074-02761997000200018 | |
来源: SciELO | |
【 摘 要 】
To evaluate the effect of BCG vaccination and T lymphocyte subpopulations on the reactivity to the tuberculin skin test, 113 asymtomatic HIV+ individuals were tuberculin tested by intradermal injection of 5TU of purified protein derivative and the levels of circulating lymphocyte (CD3, CD4 and CD8) subpopulations determined by indirect immunofluorescence. Ninety-two percent of the subjects included in the study were males. The mean age of the group was 32.1±7.4 years. Sixty-two percent presented a BCG scar. However, only 22% exhibited positive tuberculin reactions (³5mm) irrespective of the presence of the BCG scar. Tuberculin positive individuals exhibited higher CD4+ cell counts (p=0.004) and CD4+/CD8+ ratios (p=0.006) than tuberculin negative (<5mm) HIV+ individuals. The number of individuals with positive tuberculin reactions was significantly higher in subjects with more than 500 CD4+ lymphocytes/ml (p=0.02) or CD4+/CD8+ ratios ³1.12 (p=0.002).These results suggest that a prior BCG vaccination does not influence the reactivity to the tuberculin skin test in HIV+ asymptomatic individuals and that the number of CD4+ lymphocytes and the CD4+/CD8+ ratio positively correlate with the tuberculin reactivity
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