Costa Pérez-Herrero, José Ramón Fiorante, Silvana Hernando Jerez, Asunción Llenas García, Jara Maseda Fernández, Diego Matarranz del Amo, Mariano Pulido Ortega, Federico Rubio García, Rafael
Características clínico-epidemiológicas de los pacientes inmigrantes con infección por el VIH: estudio de 371 casos. [artículo] - Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, 2012 - 30(8):441-51.
Formato Vancouver:
Llenas-García J, Rubio R, Hernando A, Fiorante S, Maseda D, Matarranz M, et al. Características clínico-epidemiológicas de los pacientes inmigrantes con infección por el VIH: estudio de 371 casos. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2012
Oct;30(8):441-51.
PMID: 22365618
Contiene 33 referencias
INTRODUCTION: The number of HIV-positive immigrants have increased in Spain in the last few years, and now represent a significant proportion of the epidemic. Our objective is to describe the clinico-epidemiological characteristics of HIV-positive immigrants seen in a specialist unit in Madrid.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective study. Every patient born in a country other than Spain and attended an HIV Unit in Madrid between 1992 and 2009 was included.
RESULTS: Of the 371 patients included, 53.1% were Latin Americans, 24.5% Sub-Saharan Africans, and 22.4% others), and 60% were males. Immigrants represented 0.3% of new patients in 1992 and rose to 49.2% in 2009. The principal reason for HIV testing had been pregnancy/delivery among women (32.7%) and having a category-B disease among men (17.4%). Sexual transmission accounted for 92% of patients. Tuberculosis was the principal AIDS-diagnosing illness. Respectively 90%, 7.7%, 60%, 26.7%, 96% and 95% of patients had an IgG for HAV, HCV, Toxoplasma, Treponema, CMV and VZV. VHB-Ags+: 5.4%; PPD+: 17%. At least one syphilis episode was recorded in 62% of the men who have sex with men (MSM). Prevalence of HLA-B5701 was 6%, 0.9% and 3.8% in Caucasians, Amerindians and Afro-Americans, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS: Immigrants represent a significant proportion of new HIV-positive patients. It is a very heterogeneous group according to their clinical and epidemiological characteristics.
Características clínico-epidemiológicas de los pacientes inmigrantes con infección por el VIH: estudio de 371 casos. [artículo] - Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica, 2012 - 30(8):441-51.
Formato Vancouver:
Llenas-García J, Rubio R, Hernando A, Fiorante S, Maseda D, Matarranz M, et al. Características clínico-epidemiológicas de los pacientes inmigrantes con infección por el VIH: estudio de 371 casos. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2012
Oct;30(8):441-51.
PMID: 22365618
Contiene 33 referencias
INTRODUCTION: The number of HIV-positive immigrants have increased in Spain in the last few years, and now represent a significant proportion of the epidemic. Our objective is to describe the clinico-epidemiological characteristics of HIV-positive immigrants seen in a specialist unit in Madrid.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective study. Every patient born in a country other than Spain and attended an HIV Unit in Madrid between 1992 and 2009 was included.
RESULTS: Of the 371 patients included, 53.1% were Latin Americans, 24.5% Sub-Saharan Africans, and 22.4% others), and 60% were males. Immigrants represented 0.3% of new patients in 1992 and rose to 49.2% in 2009. The principal reason for HIV testing had been pregnancy/delivery among women (32.7%) and having a category-B disease among men (17.4%). Sexual transmission accounted for 92% of patients. Tuberculosis was the principal AIDS-diagnosing illness. Respectively 90%, 7.7%, 60%, 26.7%, 96% and 95% of patients had an IgG for HAV, HCV, Toxoplasma, Treponema, CMV and VZV. VHB-Ags+: 5.4%; PPD+: 17%. At least one syphilis episode was recorded in 62% of the men who have sex with men (MSM). Prevalence of HLA-B5701 was 6%, 0.9% and 3.8% in Caucasians, Amerindians and Afro-Americans, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS: Immigrants represent a significant proportion of new HIV-positive patients. It is a very heterogeneous group according to their clinical and epidemiological characteristics.
