AEGiS-11IAC: A clinico-microbiological profile of HIV illness in Calcutta, India.

11th International AIDS Conference


Vancouver, British Columbia — July 7-12, 1996

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A clinico-microbiological profile of HIV illness in Calcutta, India.

Int Conf AIDS 1996 Jul 7-12; 11:442 (abstract no. Pub.A.1028)
Banerjee KL, Mukherjee P, Chakrabarti T, Maiti P, Pal N, Chakraborty MS; Department of Medicine, Calcutta Medical College, Calcutta, India. Fax: 91-033-554-5741.

OBJECTIVES: To determine the clinical abnormalities and microbial infections in AIDS related maladies.

METHODS: A total of 42 cases of HIV illness have been followed since Sept. 1988 in the eastern part of India, with a view to ascertain the nature of clinical manifestations and the microbial infections causing disease progression and finally AIDS. The bacterial, fungal, protozoal, helminthic and viral infections were explored with the help of the relevant infections.

RESULTS: The test subjects attending the specialised O.P.D. of Calcutta Medical College and admitted in different city hospitals were investigated since 1988. Mortality has been recorded in 50% of the cases at varying time intervals during the period of observation. The microbial infections include the infection of the skin and mucus membrane in the form of seboric dermatitis, bacterial furuncles, herpes Zoster etc. and chronic infection of throats such as tonsillitis and pharyngitis, gastrointestinal infections were caused by variety of organisms. Of all the protozoa Cryptosporidium was conspicuously in quite a high proportion (11.9%) amongst others Candida (2.3%) Salmonella enteritidis (2.3%) Mycobacterial infections were the commonest amongst those patients and pulmonary tuberculosis was in alarming proportion in them.

CONCLUSION: The HIV illness and AIDS epidemic is still in early phase in this part of India. The HIV/AIDS cases have been followed clinically but no particular clinical pattern has yet been ascertained. The variety of microbial infections have been Documented at varying stage of HIV illness. Results of all these investigations will be presented and discussed in the light of the existing knowledge.

Keywords: AEGIS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Virus Diseases, Disease Progression, Infection, Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection, HIV Seroprevalence, Gastrointestinal Diseases, India, Human, microbiology, ICA11KWDaegis,acquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome,tuberculosis,pulmonary,virusdiseases,diseaseprogression,infection,mycobacteriumavium-intracellulareinfection,hivseroprevalence,gastrointestinaldiseases,india,human,microbiology,ica11

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