Masache E, Wilde J, Borgstein E
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi.
Malawi Med J. 2005 Jun;17(1):17-8. doi: 10.4314/mmj.v17i1.10865.
HIV testing is done in paediatric surgical patients at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, when HIV infection is suspected to be the underlying cause of the clinical presentation or contributing to morbidity. We conducted a retrospective, descriptive analysis of children with surgical conditions under the age of 15 who underwent HIV tests between January 2001 to April 2004. A total of 279 children were tested - 50.2% were boys and 49.8% were girls. Overall HIV prevalence was 39.8%. The most common indications for testing and those with highest HIV prevalence were sepsis (31% of the diagnoses and HIV prevalence of 38%), head and neck swellings (22% and HIV prevalence of 39%) and urogenital problems (17% of cases and HIV prevalence of 51%).
在伊丽莎白女王中央医院，当怀疑艾滋病毒感染是临床表现的潜在原因或导致发病时，会对儿科手术患者进行艾滋病毒检测。我们对2001年1月至2004年4月期间接受艾滋病毒检测的15岁以下患有外科疾病的儿童进行了回顾性描述性分析。共有279名儿童接受检测，其中50.2%为男孩，49.8%为女孩。艾滋病毒总体患病率为39.8%。检测的最常见指征以及艾滋病毒患病率最高的指征为败血症（占诊断病例的31%，艾滋病毒患病率为38%）、头颈部肿胀（22%，艾滋病毒患病率为39%）和泌尿生殖系统问题（占病例的17%，艾滋病毒患病率为51%）。
