RESUMO
In a retrospective study we reviewed the findings from 106 oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopies performed on HIV-positive patients between 01.01.93 and 31.12.94. Forty percent had Candida esophagei, 12% had Cytomegalovirus, 4% had atypical mycobacteria, 2% had Kaposi's sarcoma and 6% had Helicobacter pylori. Twelve percent of the patients received the diagnosis AIDS. The average CD4-cell count was 91 x 10(6)/l. The endoscopi findings were abnormal in 88% of HIV infected patients with gastrointestinal symptoms.
Assuntos
Esôfago/patologia , Gastroscopia , Infecções por HIV/patologia , Soropositividade para HIV , Estômago/patologia , Adulto , Idoso , Duodenoscopia , Esofagoscopia , Esôfago/imunologia , Esôfago/microbiologia , Feminino , Infecções por HIV/imunologia , Infecções por HIV/microbiologia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Retrospectivos , Estômago/imunologia , Estômago/microbiologiaRESUMO
The frequency of PCP among adult Danish AIDS patients notified in 1988-93 was higher among patients tested HIV-positive less than 4 months prior to AIDS than among those known to be positive for > 1 year. Among the latter, the proportion with PCP decreased significantly over the period, from 45.3% in 1988 to 22.0% in 1993, while no such trend was found among patients tested positive for HIV less than 4 months before AIDS was diagnosed. The incidence of PCP as an AIDS-defining disease has decreased, most likely due to the use of PCP prophylaxis.
