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Provedor de dados: |
J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis.
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País: |
Brazil
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Título: |
Occurrence of pneumocystis pneumonia in hiv-infected patients and the interference of the highly active antiretroviral therapy
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Autores: |
Barbosa,A. N.
Souza,L. R.
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Data: |
2008-01-01
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Ano: |
2008
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Palavras-chave: |
AIDS
Pneumocystis pneumonia
Antiretroviral treatment
T CD4+ lymphocytes
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Resumo: |
From the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) has been distinguished as one of the most frequent opportunistic diseases with high morbid-mortality. As from 1996, the advent of the highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has changed the characteristics of such epidemic by reducing its related diseases and, as a result, AIDS-related mortality. With the purpose to estimate PCP occurrence and HAART interference, 376 HIV-infected or AIDS patients were studied from January 1992 to December 2002. Among them, 58 (15.5%) PCP cases were found. There was a higher occurrence of PCP in the group of patients in which HAART was not used, with 40 (69.0%) of the episodes. As regards the studied period, a tendency to a linear reduction in annual PCP incidence was observed. The mean of T CD4+ lymphocytes in the patients with PCP (117 cells/mm³) was significantly lower when compared to that of the other individuals (325 cells/mm³). Therefore, this study suggests a temporal reduction in PCP occurrence related to HAART use with higher T CD4+ lymphocyte counts. Nevertheless, this opportunistic infection still shows significant incidence in AIDS patients. (NCT00516581).
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Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Idioma: |
Inglês
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Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992008000100012
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Editor: |
Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos
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Relação: |
10.1590/S1678-91992008000100012
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text/html
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Fonte: |
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases v.14 n.1 2008
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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