HIV/AIDS in small cities in Midwest Santa Catarina, south of Brazil: Clinical and epidemiological aspects, opportunistic infections.

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Lilian Tânia Amorim, Bruno Rodolfo Schlemper Junior
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
• Subjects: HIV; AIDS; Coinfection; Opportunistic infection; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0430-2018; https://doaj.org/article/dad9b83ffc6a4bafa5c97b12d306cfba

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.