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Abstract

CASTELLANOS-BERTOT, Yorkiel; CORREA-IZNAGA, Lisvette  and  STAY-CALVO, Sheila. Clinical-epidemiological characterization of HIV/AIDS patients in Manuel Tames municipality, Guantanamo. Rev. inf. cient. [online]. 2021, vol.100, n.6  Epub Nov 08, 2021. ISSN 1028-9933.

Introduction:

No studies have been conducted to characterize patients with HIV/AIDS infection in Manuel Tames municipality, Guantánamo.

Objective:

To characterize clinically and epidemiologically the HIV/AIDS infected patients in Manuel Tames municipality, Guantanamo.

Method:

A descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective study was carried out, covering the period 1988-2020. The studied population consisted of 46 patients with a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS. Variables studied were as follow: age, sex, marital status, year of the diagnosis report, clinical classification, source of information, scheme of treatment, concomitant diseases.

Results:

Patients 25 to 35 years old were found as the most affected (n=18; 31.9%), with a predominance of males (n=28; 60.9%). Most of patients were found single (n=37; 80.4%). The most common source of information was the capitated category (n=11; 23.9%). Most patients were found in category A (n=33; 71.7%), which supports the figure that 32 patients (69.6%) had no disease associated with virus infection. The highest percentage of patients used the Dulutegravir plus Trubada treatment scheme (n=26; 56.5%).

Conclusions:

As an end point of the outcome it can be said that HIV/AIDS infection is a disease seen in the middle ages of life, with an increasing number of infections as the years go by. When patients maintain a correct treatment schedule, fewer concomitant diseases are observed and they remain in the clinical categories with the fewest complications.

Keywords : infection; HIV/AIDS; acute retroviral infection; viral disease; Guantanamo.

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