HIV/AIDS in small cities in Midwest Santa Catarina, south of Brazil: Clinical and epidemiological aspects, opportunistic infections

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2019 Jun 6:52:e20180430. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0430-2018.

Abstract

Introduction: We avaluated the clinical features, epidemiology, opportunistic infections and coinfections of HIV/AIDS patients.

Methods: We analyzed the records of 143 patients receiving antiretroviral therapy at a public center in the Midwest of Santa Catarina, south of Brazil, from December 2014 to September 2015.

Results: Most were male, Caucasian, married, with low education level, and aged 31-50 years. Heterosexual transmission was the most common infection route. Regarding coinfection, 3.5% had hepatitis C, 2.1% hepatitis B, 4.2% syphilis, and 4.9% tuberculosis; 38.5% had opportunistic infections.

Conclusions: HIV infection follows the national trend, but hepatitis B and C coinfection rates were higher, while tuberculosis rate was lower.

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / epidemiology*
  • Adult
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Cohort Studies
  • Coinfection / epidemiology
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / diagnosis*
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology*
  • Hepatitis B / epidemiology
  • Hepatitis C / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Opportunistic Infections* / classification
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Tuberculosis