Clinical characteristics and management of HIV patients suffering from gastrointestinal perforation / 中华普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the diagnosis,clinical features and treatment of HIV patients complicated with gastrointestinal perforation.Methods There were 17 patients with gastrointestinal perforation and HIV infection,and the clinical data were retrospectively analyzed.Results Abdominal X-ray examination was used to establish the diagnosis,with perforation site at the duodenal bulb in 5 cases,gastric pylorus in 3 cases,ileocecal and terminal ileum in 9 cases.7 cases were co-complicated with tuberculosis infection,1 case with Penicillium mameffei infection,15 were cured and 2 cases died.Conclusions Possible for compromised immunc function,gastrointestinal perforation in HIV patients often found in site less common in otherwise normal cases,and co-infection is common in HIV patients.