Santos RM, Cruz A, Ribeiro TT, Badaro R, Johnson WD; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1990 Jun 20-23; 6: 245 (abstract no. Th.B.495).
Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate HIV seroprevalence and associated high risk activities among hospitalized tuberculosis patients. METHOD: Point prevalence sero-survey for HIV infection was performed in two reference hospitals for tuberculosis in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. RESULTS: A total of 239 patients were enrolled in the study; 117 from the Hospital Otavio Mangabeira and 122 from the Hospital Santo Antonio. The overall HIV seropositivity rate, with Western blot confirmation, was 2.2%. The analysis of demographic data, risk factors and sexual behavior on the 122 patients from Hospital Santo Antonio revealed that 103 (84%) were male and 19 (16%) female. All HIV positive patients were male. The mean age was 41.5 yr (range, 14 - 79 yr). Among the HIV seropositive patients, 3 were IV drug abusers and another 2 had frequent contact with prostitutes; none was homosexual. None of the tuberculosis patients was recognized to have HIV infection prior to the survey. CONCLUSION: Tuberculosis in Salvador may herald the presence of HIV infection. The high risk activities associated with HIV infection were IV drug abuse and contact with prostitutes.
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Keywords:
- Brazil
- Counseling
- Female
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seropositivity
- HIV Seroprevalence
- Homosexuality
- Humans
- Male
- Prevalence
- Prostitution
- Risk Factors
- Sexual Behavior
- Tuberculosis
Other ID:
UI: 102182077
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