Tuberculosis, Atypical Mycobacteriosis, and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Among Haitian and Non-Haitian Patients in South Florida

doi:10.1059/0003-4819-101-5-641

Tuberculosis, Atypical Mycobacteriosis, and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Among Haitian and Non-Haitian Patients in South Florida

Miami and Jacksonville, Florida; and Atlanta, Georgia

Abstract

To study the association between mycobacterial disease and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, we reviewed the records of all cases of tuberculosis and all cases of the syndrome reported in Dade County, Florida, from January 1980 through June 1983. Tuberculosis was diagnosed in 27 of 45 Haitians with the syndrome, but in only 1 of 37 non-Haitians with the syndrome (p < 0.001). Among the 27 Haitians with the syndrome and tuberculosis, 19 had extrapulmonary tuberculosis, whereas among 286 Haitian patients with tuberculosis without the syndrome, only 56 had extrapulmonary tuberculosis (p < 0.001). Tuberculosis preceded the syndrome by 1 to

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▸ From the Department of Medicine, Divisions of Pulmonary and General Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida; Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (Community Tuberculosis Control Services), Jacksonville, Florida; and the Division of Host Factors, Center for Infectious Diseases and the Division of Tuberculosis Control, Center for Prevention Services, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia.
▸Requests for reprints should be addressed to Arthur E. Pitchenik, M.D.; Department of Medicine R-60, University of Miami School of Medicine, P.O. Box 016960; Miami, FL 33101.