AIDS patients with opportunistic infections in Sichuan province：clinical analysis of 1 465 cases
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8348.2014.05.030
- VernacularTitle:四川地区1465例艾滋病患者机会性感染分析
- Author:
Shenghua HE
;
Ruifeng ZHOU
;
Dafeng LIU
;
Lin CAI
;
Yin WANG
;
Xiaofei ZHOU
;
Yi ZHANG
;
Chunlan ZHANG
;
Xiaoxia LIU
;
Yao ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome;
opportunistic infections;
clinical characters;
prognosis
- From:
Chongqing Medicine
2014;(5):592-593,596
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To study clinical characters and prognosis of AIDS patients with opportunistic infections in Sichuan prov-ince .Methods We performed an retrospective analysis of 1 465 AIDS patients with opportunistic infections who were admitted into the transmitted disease hospital of Chengdu in recent 10 years .Results The overall mortality during hospitalization was 15 .49% . The leading cause of death was respiratory failure due to pneumonia (n=150 ,74 .62% ) or meningitis(n=47 ,23 .86% ) .Descending rank order of common opportunistic infections were respiratory tract ,the mouth swallows ,central nervous system ,gastrointestinal tract skin ,blood system .Descending rank order of common sites of infections were respiratory tract ,oropharynx ,central nervous system ,gastrointestinal tract skin ,reproductive tract .The multiple infections are common :more than 50% of patients suffering from two or more infections(50 .77% ) .Complexity of infection sites :42 .18% dual infection sites and 17 .20% three or more infec-tion sites .Conclusion The opportunistic infections disease spectrum of AIDS in Sichuan area has its own characteristics :multiple infections and multiple infections sites are both common ,death risks are high ,conditions of patients are severe generally ,and respir-atory failure is the main cause of death .
