THE EFFECT OF CD4 COUNT LEVEL ON THE MIDDLE EAR DYNAMICS OF HIV INFECTED PATIENTS.
East Afr Med J
; 91(1): 29-32, 2014 Jan.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26862633
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
HIV infection, a multi systemic disease has been identified as one of the causes of hearing loss in man.OBJECTIVES:
To compare the effect of HIV infection on the middle ear dynamics of HIV infected and non-HIV infected individuals using tympanometry.DESIGN:
A prospective cross sectional study.SETTING:
HIV Clinic at University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) in 2010.SUBJECTS:
Tympanometry was done on adults (18-45 year old) patients with confirmed retroviral disease (RVD) infection and confirmed non-HIV infected adults (18-45 year old) as the control group. All the patients certified the inclusion and exclusion criteria. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
More women were found with HIV infection than men at a ratio of 13.7(men = 21% and females = 79%). There was preponderance of type "B" tympanogram among HIV-infected individuals.RESULT:
There was a significant correlation between CD4 cell count and type "B" tympanogram (P = 0.03). The CD4 cell count measured severity of HIV infection while the type "B" tympanogram detected middle ear effusion.CONCLUSIONS:
Middle ear effusion is the genesis of middle ear pathology in HIV infected population.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Otitis Media with Effusion
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HIV Infections
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CD4 Lymphocyte Count
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Hearing Loss
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
East Afr Med J
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article