| Revista: | The brazilian journal of infectious diseases |
| Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
| Número de sistema: | 000290755 |
| ISSN: | 1413-8670 |
| Autors: | Pavan, Maria Helena P1 Aoki, Francisco Hideo2 Monteiro, Dinaida Teresa3 Goncales, Neiva Sellan Lopes Escanhoela, Cecilia Amelia Fazzio Goncales-Junior, Fernando Lopes |
| Institucions: | 1Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Hospital das Clinicas, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil 2Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Medicina, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil 3Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Centro de Hematologia e Hemoterapia, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Any: | 2003 |
| Període: | Ago |
| Volum: | 7 |
| Número: | 4 |
| Paginació: | 253-261 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Enfoque: | Caso clínico, analítico |
| Resumen en inglés | ABSTRACT From 1992 to 1995 we studied 232 (69% male, 87% Caucasian) anti-human immunodeficiency virus (anti-HIV) positive Brazilian patients, through a questionnaire; HIV had been acquired sexually by 50%, from blood by 32%, sexually and/or from blood by 16.4% and by an unknown route by 1.7%. Intravenous drug use was reported by 29%; it was the most important risk factor for HIV transmission. The alanine aminotransferase quotient (qALT) was >1 for 40% of the patients, 93.6% had anti-hepatitis A virus antibody, 5.3% presented hepatitis B surface antigen, 44% were anti-hepatitis B core antigen positive and 53.8% were anti-hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) positive. The anti-HCV test showed a significant association with qALT>1. Patients for whom the probable HIV transmission route was blood had a 10.8 times greater risk of being anti-HCV positive than patients infected by other routes. Among 30 patients submitted to liver biopsy, 18 presented chronic hepatitis |
| Disciplines | Biología |
| Paraules clau: | Inmunología, Virus, Diagnóstico, Virus de la hepatitis C, VIH, Alanina aminotransferasa, Anti-anticuerpos de la hepatitis A, Antígeno de superficie de la hepatitis B, Anti-hepatitis B |
| Keyword: | Biology, Immunology, Virus, Hepatitis C virus, HIV, Alanine aminotransferase, Anti-hepatitis A antibody, Hepatitis B surface antigen, Anti-hepatitis B core antigen, Diagnosis |
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