Nissapatorn, Veeranoot and Lee, Christopher and Abdullah, Khairul Anuar (2000) Spectrum of opportunistic infections related to the central nervous system among AIDS patients general Hospital Kuala Lumpur, 2001. Journal of the University of Malaya Medical Centre (JUMMEC), 5 (2). pp. 89-92. ISSN 1823-7339,
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A retrospective study was conducted in Hospital Kuala Lumpur, May,2001.49 (12.1%) of 406 AIDS patients were diagnosed as opportunistic infections related to the central nervous system. The sex ratio (M:F) was 7.2. The median age was 34 years. The predominant age group for male as same as female was 25-34 years. The majority of the study subjects were Chinese (79.6%), married (49%), unemployed (42.9%)and heterosexuals (95.9%) as the risk behavior related to HlV infection. The most frequent clinical manifestations was headache (71.4%). At the time of diagnosis, the greater number of patients 39 (79.6%) had CD4 count < 200 celVcumm. Outcome of acute therapy the patients had a complete (85.7%), treatment continued (10.3%), and transfer to other hospital (2.00/0). Toxoplasmic encephalitis (7.6%) and cryptococcosis (3.9%) were the frequent cause of focal intracerebral lesions and meningitis in these patients respectively. Oral candidiasis (32.7%) was the most common among other opportunistic infections in this study.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Additional Information: | DH |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | AIDS; Opportunistic infection; central nervous system; clinical manifestations; outcome |
| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Mr Jasny Razali |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2020 02:07 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2020 02:07 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/24525 |
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