| Titre |
Causes of fevers and diagnostic strategies among the HIV patients hospitalized in the regional hospital of Comè (southern Benin) : the National Study. |
| Auteurs |
Agbodande K.A., K.A., [1],
Attinsounon C.A [2],
Wanvoegbe F.A [3],
Azon- Kouanou A., [4],
Kpossou A.R. [5],
Zannou D.M [6],
Houngbe F [6],
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| Journal: |
Adv. Biomed. Pharma |
| Catégorie Journal: |
Internationale |
| Impact factor: |
0 |
| Volume Journal: |
2 |
| DOI: |
http://www.thescientificpub.com , http://dx.doi.org/10.19046/abp.v02i05.02 |
| Resume |
Over the past decade, considerable progress has been achieved in expanding the access towards antiretroviral therapy (ART) in developing countries against AIDS, however Sub-Saharan Africa continues to record the highest number of deaths related to HIV. A cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study was conducted in the department of polyvalent medicine of the first referral hospital of Comè over a two-year-period, from 1st January 2012 to 31st December 2013 to determine the cause of fever among the HIV patients. A total of 87 HIV infected patients were hospitalized during the study period. Among them, there were 60 cases of fever (69.0%). The mean age was 39.4 ± 11.3 years old and the sex ratio (M / F) was 0.94. Acute fever was recorded in 41.7% of cases and long term fever in 58.3% of cases. Infectious diseases like diarrhoea, pneumonia, oro - pharyngeal candidiasis, tuberculosis and cerebral toxoplasmosis were the main causes of fever in hospitalized HIV patients (96.3%). |
| Mots clés |
Causes of fevers and diagnostic strategies among the HIV patients hospitalized in the regional hospital of Comè (southern Benin) : the National Study. |
| Pages |
211 - 218 |
| Fichier |
(PDF) |