ISOLATED INTESTINAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION

Tuberculosis is a common and treatable

human immunodeficiency virus-related (HIV) disease.

Intestinal tuberculosis is much more recurrent in immunocompromised patients and presents as a complication

of pulmonary tuberculosis due to swallow of infected sputum, hematogenic dissemination or even ingestion of contaminated milk. There is a strong need for close collaboration between HIV programmes and tuberculosis programmes.