Abstract: ObjectiveTo find out the status of TB infection among people infected with HIV/ADIS patients and to obtain baseline data to prevent HIV/TB co-infection. MethodsQuestionnaire together with CD4, PPD tests, X-ray and sputum microscopy was applied to HIV/AIDS patients available for follow-up visits in 11 counties/districts. ResultsTB prevalence rate of the 622 patients visited was 3.9%, PPD positive rate of HIV/TB co-infection patients was 54.2%. The PPD positive rate was 19.0% in patients visited. The PPD positive rate increased with age. ConclusionsThe prevalence rate of tuberculosis in HIV/AIDS patients is higher than that in general population, while PPD positive rate is lower than that in general population. PPD test result of HIV/AIDS patients should only be the reference index for diagnosis of active TB.

Key words: tuberculosis/complications, HIV infections, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, CD4 lymphocyte count, tuberculin test, questionnaires