RESUMO
INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to draw clinical and epidemiological comparisons between visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and VL associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. METHOD: Retrospective study. RESULTS: Of 473 cases of VL, 5.5% were coinfected with HIV. The highest proportion of cases of both VL and VL/HIV were found among men. A higher proportion of VL cases was seen in children aged 0-10 years, whereas coinfection was more common in those aged 18-50 years. CONCLUSIONS: VL/HIV coinfected patients presented slightly differently to and had a higher mortality rate than those with VL only.
Assuntos
Coinfecção/epidemiologia , Infecções por HIV/epidemiologia , Leishmaniose Visceral/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Fatores Etários , Brasil/epidemiologia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Coinfecção/tratamento farmacológico , Coinfecção/fisiopatologia , Feminino , Infecções por HIV/tratamento farmacológico , Infecções por HIV/fisiopatologia , Humanos , Incidência , Lactente , Leishmaniose Visceral/tratamento farmacológico , Leishmaniose Visceral/fisiopatologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Recidiva , Estudos Retrospectivos , Distribuição por Sexo , Fatores Socioeconômicos , Resultado do Tratamento , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Abstract INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to draw clinical and epidemiological comparisons between visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and VL associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. METHOD: Retrospective study. RESULTS: Of 473 cases of VL, 5.5% were coinfected with HIV. The highest proportion of cases of both VL and VL/HIV were found among men. A higher proportion of VL cases was seen in children aged 0-10 years, whereas coinfection was more common in those aged 18-50 years. CONCLUSIONS: VL/HIV coinfected patients presented slightly differently to and had a higher mortality rate than those with VL only.