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Provedor de dados: | 55
País: | Brazil
Título: | Trichomonas vaginalis and associated factors among women living with HIV/AIDS in Amazonas, Brazil
Autores: | Silva,Leila Cristina Ferreira; Miranda,Angélica Espinosa; Batalha,Rosieny Santos; Monte,Rossicléia Lins; Talhari,Sinésio.
Data: | 2013-12-01
Ano: | 2013
Palavras-chave: | Trichomonas vaginalis; HIV; Associated factors; Amazonas.
Resumo: | OBJECTIVES: Our goal was to determine the prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis and its associated factors among women living with HIV attending an AIDS clinic in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. METHODS: Cross-sectional study among women attending an AIDS clinic in Manaus between March and December 2010 for gynecological examination were invited to participate. Enrolled patients answered a face-to-face interview including demographic, behavioral and clinical data. They also underwent a gynecological evaluation and cervical scrape samples were collected for wet mount, Gram stain, culture and cytological analysis. A blood sample was obtained to determine TCD4+ lymphocytes and viral load. RESULTS: A total of 341 (91.2%) women participated in the study. The prevalence of T. vaginalis was 4.1% (95% CI: 2.0-6.2%). Median age was 32 (interquartile range 27-38) years and median years of schooling was 9.0 (interquartile range 4-11). A total of 165 (53.2%) HIV women were classified as patients with AIDS. In multivariate analyses, squamous intraepithelial lesions in cytology [OR = 2.46 (95% CI: 1.31-4.63, p = 0.005)] and anal sex practice [OR = 3.62 (95% CI: 1.08-12.19, p = 0.037)] were associated with T. vaginalis. CONCLUSIONS: These results highlight that HIV-infected women should be screened for T. vaginalis. The control of this infection may have an impact on preventing reproductive complications among these women.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702013000600012
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1016/j.bjid.2013.03.006
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.17 n.6 2013
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess