HIV-associated opportunistic infections
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Keywords:
Opportunistic Infections, Incidence, HIV Infections, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, EcuadorAbstract
Introduction: opportunistic infections (OIs) are the most frequent cause of morbidity and mortality among HIV/AIDS patients. Materials and methods: This is a descriptive, retrospective, quantitative, non-experimental, retrospective study carried out from the analysis of the database of a second level hospital in the province of Guayas, in the period from January to December 2018. Results: Toxoplasmosis and tuberculosis were the OIs with the highest incidence (29% of cases), followed by pneumocystosis (21% of cases). Conclusion: We compared the results obtained and determined that the incidence of OIs is similar to that reported by other studies.
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