• Ranganath Reddy Rachamallu
• V. Ramakrishna
• Soumendra Nath Maity
• Kavi Kishor P.B
• Rathnagiri polavarapu.

Tuberculosis with chronic hepatitis is recently a worldwide health problem. Viral hepatitis, particularly hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), infections and tuberculosis (TB) are creating major health issues leading to higher mortality rate. Co-infection with HBV or HCV among TB patients may potentiate the risk of hepatotoxicity induced by anti-TB drugs. Hence, this study designed to reveal the prevalence rate of HBV and HCV among TB patients. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted at the Malla Reddy Hospital, Hyderabad between March 2015 and April 2019. All documented TB patients were analyzed on the basis of socio-demographic and other characteristics. The informed consent form were taken from all the patients. Thereafter, all patients underwent screening for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), anti-HCV using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The data were procured and analyzed by statistical software 20.0. A p value of <.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results: 300 TB patients were included in this study, with 192 (64%) males and 108 (36%) females. The mean age of the patients was 41.35 years (±19.3). Of the total number of patients, 8 cases (2.7%) were HBsAg-positive and 2 cases (0.7%) were positive for anti-HCV. Conclusion: The prevalence of HBV and HCV co-infection among TB patients in this study was significantly lower. Further study with large number of samples may provide accurate prevalence rate of HBV and HCV among tuberculosis patients.

Tuberculosis, Viral hepatitis, Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C virus, Co-infection.

"Prevalence of HBV and HCV co-infection among tuberculosis patients in a teaching hospital Hyderabad, India.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.219-222, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908645.pdf

"Prevalence of HBV and HCV co-infection among tuberculosis patients in a teaching hospital Hyderabad, India.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp219-222, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908645.pdf