Akalin Halis, Heper Yasemin, Yilmaz Emel, Kazak Esra, Oral Barbaros, Mistik Reşit, Helvaci Safiye, Töre Okan
Uludağ Universitesi Tip Fakültesi Mikrobiyoloji ve Enfeksiyon Hastaliklari Anabilim Dali, Bursa.
Mikrobiyol Bul. 2005 Jul;39(3):339-43.
In this study, 21 HIV/AIDS cases (18 male, 3 female; age range 17-64 years), followed up in the Department of Infectious Diseases of Uludag University Medical Faculty between 1997-2003 have been analyzed retrospectively, by means of epidemiological, clinical and laboratory aspects. Nineteen (90%) of them were heterosexual, and in 9 cases the diagnosis was coincidental during the blood donations or routine testing. The non-compliance rate of patients to antiretroviral treatment was found as 76%, and the most important factor for non-compliance was the difficulty in providing antiretroviral drugs. The most frequently encountered opportunistic infections were oropharyngeal candidiasis (n:5), herpes zoster (n:4) and community acquired pneumonia (n:4).
