Clinical and laboratory profile of sixty patients with AIDS: a South Indian study.
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1996-12-01
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Sixty patients who fulfilled the WHO case definition of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were admitted and treated between January 1993 and June 1995 in JIPMER Hospital, Pondicherry, South India. Their mean age was 30.3 +/- 6.4 years. Male: female ratio was 5 : 1. The heterosexual route was the major mode of transmission (96.7%). Fever was the commonest presentation (98.3%), followed by weight loss (85%) and cough (36.7%). The commonest opportunistic infection seen was tuberculosis (pulmonary, extrapulmonary - single or in combination) followed by esophageal candidiasis. Cryptococcal meningitis, intestinal crytosporidiosis, CNS toxoplasmosis, Pneumocystis pneumonia and group B Salmonella septicemia were the other infections encountered. Ten out of the 38 patients with tuberculosis were followed up on antituberculous treatment for 6 months. Seven out of 18 patients with esophageal candidiasis were treated with ketoconazole.
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The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.
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George J, Hamide A, Das AK, Amarnath SK, Rao RS. Clinical and laboratory profile of sixty patients with AIDS: a South Indian study. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 1996 Dec; 27(4): 686-91