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- Title
HIV/AIDS Hastalarında Sifilis Koinfeksiyonu Seroprevalansı ve Risk Faktörleri.
- Authors
Sarıgül, Figen; Üser, Ülkü; Öztoprak, Nefise
- Abstract
Objective: Coinfection of HIV and syphilis, especially in men who have sex with men has been increasing all over the world in recent years. We evaluated the seroprevalence of HIV/syphilis coinfections in patients followed by our clinic for the control of these diseases. Methods: A total of 384 HIV-infected patients followed between June 2015 and August 2018, and their sociodemographic characteristics such as age, gender, nationality, marital status, educational level, HIV and syphilis transmission routes, laboratory parameters such as CD4 T lymphocyte count, HIV viral load, semiquantitative rapid plasma reagin and Treponema pallidum hemaglutination assay were evaluated. Results: Of 384 HIV-infected patients, 97 (25%) were diagnosed with syphilis coinfection. 85% of the infected with HIV were male, and 93% of those with HIV/syphilis coinfection were male (p=0.023). Among those with HIV infection 40% had heterosexual intercourse, 34% had homosexual intercourse, those with HIV/syphilis coinfection had 37% heterosexual intercourse and 55% homosexual intercourse (p=0.000). Conclusions: Syphilis screening should be performed in HIVinfected patients and screening for HIV should be performed in syphilis patients. Homosexual intercourse is a risk factor especially in HIV/syphilis coinfection. The risk of syphilis is also high in older ages and therefore increasing the screening of HIV and syphilis in all age groups is necessary for early diagnosis and prevention of transmission.
- Subjects
TURKEY; HIV prevention; SYPHILIS prevention; PREVENTION of infectious disease transmission; SYPHILIS epidemiology; HIV infection epidemiology; AGE distribution; HOMOSEXUALITY; MEDICAL screening; RESEARCH; SEX distribution; T cells; PSYCHOLOGY of AIDS patients; VIRAL load; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; SEROPREVALENCE; EARLY diagnosis; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MIXED infections
- Publication
Klimik Journal / Klimik Dergisi, 2019, Vol 32, Issue 2, p161
- ISSN
1301-143X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5152/kd.2019.35