HIV/AIDS-associated visceral leishmaniasis in patients from an endemic area in Central-west Brazil
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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105(5): 692-697, Aug. 2010. graf, tab
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ABSTRACT
An increase in morbidity associated with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/AIDS patients has been described in Africa and the Mediterranean. Despite the high endemicity of VL and HIV-1/AIDS in Brazil, this association has not been thoroughly investigated. Our aim was to evaluate the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of VL-HIV-1/AIDS cases from Central-west [Mato Grosso do Sul (MS)] Brazil. Medical records of 23 VL-HIV-1/AIDS patients were reviewed. Patients were predominantly adult males (87 percent) and 34.8 percent of the patients were intravenous drug users (IVDU). Leishmaniasis was the first opportunistic infection in 60 percent of the HIV-1 patients. Fever occurred in all patients, although splenomegaly and hepatomegaly were absent in 21.7 percent of the cases. CD4+ T-cell counts were below 200 cells/mm³ in 80 percent of the cases and the counts did not increase after clinical remission despite antiretroviral therapy. The first drug chosen to treat the cases was antimonial, but the therapeutic regimen was altered to amphotericin B in 12 of 17 cases due to side effects. Relapses were reported in 56.5 percent of the patients. IVDU may constitute an important risk factor for the transmission of both diseases in MS. VL-HIV-1/AIDS patients in MS share similar clinical characteristics as those from other endemic regions worldwide. Thus, these findings are critical for improving the surveillance of VL-HIV/AIDS patients.
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Assunto principal:
Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS
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Doenças Endêmicas
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Leishmaniose Visceral
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Assunto da revista:
Medicina Tropical
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Parasitologia
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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Documento de projeto
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz/BR
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Prefeitura Municipal de Campo Grande/BR
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Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul/BR
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