survival rates among co-infected patients with human immunodeficiency virus/tuberculosis in tehran, iran

Background: the number of deaths related with co-infection of tuberculosis (tb) and hiv remains inappropriately high worldwide. tb is anticipated to be the major reason of hiv-related deaths globally. this study aimed to find out and evaluate the characteristics of the possible risk factors influencing the survival time of co-infected patients with hiv/tb in tehran the capital of iran. methods: this retrospective study was performed on the referred patients to the one of two behavioral diseases counseling centers, imam khomeini, and zamzam centers, tehran, iran, in 2004-2013. data were analyzed by cox ph model utilizing spss16 statistical software. results: multivariate analysis confirmed that the age at diagnosis (p=0.014), gender (p=0.002), sexual transmission (p=0.01), cotrimoxazole preventive therapy (p<0.001), and onset to tb after post-hiv diagnosis (p=0.01) were the parameters which had significant effects on the death of hiv/tbco-infected patients. conclusion: the results, recommend interplay between different risk factors and the risk of death in co-infected patients with hiv/tb. we presented the barriers to higher-level organizational and functional integration for commitment to interfere with the modifiable risk factors, which effect on the mortality of patients.