A cross-sectional study on renal involvement among HIV-infected patients attending a tertiary care hospital in Kolkata

Autor: Sayan Chakraborty, Sudeshna Mallik, Soumyadip Chatterji, Manab Kumar Ghosh, Arindam Naskar, Dushyant Kumar Lahre, Bibhuti Saha, R. P. Pandey, Dipak Pal
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 112(6)
ISSN: 1878-3503
Popis: Background and objectives The HIV-associated renal diseases represent a spectrum. Indian data on this is sparse. This study was undertaken to find out the prevalence and clinicopathological spectrum of renal involvement in HIV among antiretroviral therapy (ART) naive patients (Group 1) and among those on ART (Group 2). Methods Systematic random sampling was undertaken to select 109 patients each from virology outpatient department (VOPD) and ART centre of a tertiary care hospital. They were screened and further investigated if renal involvement was found. Results Renal involvement was present in 25/109 (22.94%) and 15/109 (13.76%) patients of Groups 1 and 2, respectively. Among patients of Groups 1 and 2, 9/24 (37.5%) and 2/13 (15.4%), respectively, had clinically significant proteinuria, but none in the nephrotic range. Statistically significant relationships of renal involvement were observed with CD4 count
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