Abstract:Objective To explore the diagnostic and prognostic values of microRNA-625-5p (miR-625-5p) and CD64 for tuberculosis in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).Methods A total of 76 AIDS patients hospitalized from June 2020 to July 2022 in the Fifth People's Hospital of Ganzhou City were selected as the study group. Additionally, 72 AIDS patients without tuberculosis in the hospital during the same period were selected as the control group. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction was used to measure the serum expression of miR-625-5p, and flow cytometry was employed to assess the CD64 expression on the surface of neutrophils and monocytes in peripheral blood.Results The relative expression of miR-625-5p in the study group was lower than that in the control group (P < 0.05), while the CD64 expression in the study group was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis demonstrated that the sensitivities of miR-625-5p and CD64 for diagnosing tuberculosis in AIDS patients were 81.6% (95% CI: 0.710, 0.895) and 82.9% (95% CI: 0.725, 0.906), with the specificities being 66.7% (95% CI: 0.546, 0.773) and 70.8% (95% CI: 0.589, 0.810). The sensitivity and specificity of the combination of miR-625-5p and CD64 for diagnosing tuberculosis in AIDS patients were 85.5% (95% CI: 0.756, 0.925) and 88.9% (95% CI: 0.793, 0.951), respectively. In the poor prognosis group, the duration of HIV infection and the CD64 expression were higher (P < 0.05), while the frequency of CD4+ T cells and the expression of miR-625-5p were lower than those in the good prognosis group (P <0.05). The multivariable Logistic regression model analysis demonstrated that long duration of HIV infection [O^R = 5.484 (95% CI: 1.874, 16.042) ] and high expression of CD64 [O^R = 2.713 (95% CI: 1.022, 7.207) ] were risk factors for poor prognosis (P < 0.05), and that the high frequency of CD4+ T cell [O^R = 0.357 (95% CI: 0.139, 0.918) ] and high relative expression of miR-625-5p [O^R = 0.198 (95% CI: 0.074, 0.530) ] were protective factors for poor prognosis (P < 0.05). The ROC curves showed that the sensitivities of miR-625-5p and CD64 for predicting the prognosis of AIDS patients with tuberculosis were 79.3% (95% CI: 0.603, 0.920) and 72.4% (95% CI: 0.528, 0.873), with the specificities being 76.6% (95% CI: 0.620, 0.877) and 53.2% (95% CI: 0.381, 0.679). The sensitivity and specificity of the combination of miR-625-5p and CD64 for predicting the prognosis of AIDS patients with tuberculosis were 82.8% (95% CI: 0.642, 0.942) and 78.7% (95% CI: 0.643, 0.893), respectively.Conclusions MicroRNA-625-5p and CD64 can serve as effective biomarkers for tuberculosis in AIDS patients, not only improving diagnostic accuracy but also predicting patient prognosis.