Archives of Infectious Diseases & Therapy(AIDT)

Department of Infectious Diseases, CHU du Point G, Bamako, Mali

Publications

• Research Article   
  Opportunistic Infections and Impact on Morbidity and Mortality During HIV in the Infectious Diseases Department at Point G Hospital in Bamako
  Author(s): Abdoulaye Mamadou TRAORE* and Garan Dabo
  
  Aim: In the contexts of free treatment and the "test and treat" strategy, we conducted this study whose objectives are to identify the main opportunistic infections (OIs) and their impact on the future of HIV-infected patients. Patients and methods: This was a cross-sectional retrospective study of variables from the medical records of HIV-infected person hospitalized between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2021. Results: Out of 2631 hospitalized patients, 1237 were HIV-positive (47%), 54,4% had OIs. The sex ratio was 0.86 and the mean age was 38.9 ± 10.37 years. The main opportunistic infections are candidiasis (39.32%), tuberculosis (25.25%) and cerebral toxoplasmosis (14.57%). The lethality was 43.7% (540/1237). Death was statistically related to opportunistic infections: tuberculosis (p <0... Read More»
  

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