[Characteristics of supposedly bacterial community acute pneumonia among HIV-positive patients: prospective preliminary study]. / Pneumonies communautaires d'allure bactérienne chez le sujet infecté par le VIH : étude préliminaire prospective.
Rev Pneumol Clin
; 65(3): 137-42, 2009 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-19524801
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the second leading cause of hospitalization in the respirology department in Abidjan after tuberculosis. Frequently associated with HIV infection, it has a high mortality rate of about 20% to 30%. The aim of this study is to identify the specificities and severity factors associated with bacterial CAP (BCAP) outcome in HIV-positive patients.METHODS:
The authors conducted a prospective and comparative preliminary study on two groups of patients 29 HIV-positive patients with BCAP and 21 HIV-negative patients with BCAP. All of the patients were hospitalized for BCAP with symptoms of severity according to the usual score of severity.RESULTS:
The sociodemographic, clinical and paraclinical characteristics were similar in both groups. Failures and deaths were more frequent in the group with HIV infection. In particular, HIV infected patients with a body mass index under 18.5 and a rate of T CD4 lymphocytes lower than 200/mm(3) presented the least favourable evolution.CONCLUSIONS:
A more extensive study should help define the appropriate severity criteria for BCAP associated with HIV infection.
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Assunto principal:
Pneumonia
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Infecções por HIV
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Infecções Oportunistas Relacionadas com a AIDS
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Fr
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article