Prevalência da co-infecção HIV-sífilis em um hospital universitário da cidade do Rio de Janeiro no ano de 2005
| Autor: | Fernando Samuel Sion, Hilton Gueiros Leitão Neto, Dulcino Pirovani Lima, Dario José Hart Pontes Signorini, Michelle Carreira Miranda Monteiro, João Dario do Carmo Machado, Carlos Alberto Morais de Sá |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
Gerontology Past medical history Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Sífilis business.industry Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Disease University hospital medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause Infectious Diseases Outpatient visits Coinfection medicine HIV/AIDS Prevalência Parasitology Syphilis Epidemiologia business Viral load |
| Zdroj: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical v.40 n.3 2007 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) instacron:SBMT |
| ISSN: | 0037-8682 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/s0037-86822007000300006 |
| Popis: | This was a study on the prevalence of HIV-syphilis coinfection among 830 HIV/AIDS patients who were being followed up as outpatients at a hospital in Rio de Janeiro between January and May 2005. The participants underwent laboratory tests at the venereal disease research laboratory (VDRL) consisting of CD4+/CD8+ cell counts and viral load tests. They answered questions about their sociodemographic characteristics and past medical history of syphilis. The prevalence of syphilis was 2.7% (22 patients) and the ratio between men and women with coinfection was approximately 4:1. Homosexual men were the category most affected. We did not find any association between coinfection and age, schooling and the laboratory parameters tested. Out of the total number of patients with syphilis, 73% (16) reported previous treatment; of these, 14 (88%) were reinfected, while two (12%) underwent inappropriate treatment. The presence of HIV-syphilis coinfection among patients undergoing routine follow-up signals the need to advise them to adopt safe sex practices, during their outpatient visits. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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