HIV/AIDS in small cities in Midwest Santa Catarina, south of Brazil: Clinical and epidemiological aspects, opportunistic infections
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop; 52 (), 2019
Publication year: 2019
Abstract INTRODUCTION:
We avaluated the clinical features, epidemiology, opportunistic infections and coinfections of HIV/AIDS patients.METHODS:
We analyzed the records of 143 patients receiving antiretroviral therapy at a public center in the Midwest of Santa Catarina, south of Brazil, from December 2014 to September 2015.RESULTS:
Most were male, Caucasian, married, with low education level, and aged 31-50 years. Heterosexual transmission was the most common infection route. Regarding coinfection, 3.5% had hepatitis C, 2.1% hepatitis B, 4.2% syphilis, and 4.9% tuberculosis; 38.5% had opportunistic infections.CONCLUSIONS:
HIV infection follows the national trend, but hepatitis B and C coinfection rates were higher, while tuberculosis rate was lower.
Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida/diagnóstico, Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida/epidemiología, Brasil/epidemiología, Estudios de Cohortes, Coinfección/epidemiología, Estudios Transversales, Infecciones por VIH/diagnóstico, Infecciones por VIH/epidemiología, Hepatitis B/epidemiología, Hepatitis C/epidemiología, Incidencia, Persona de Mediana Edad, Infecciones Oportunistas/clasificación, Factores Socioeconómicos, Tuberculosis