Document 3104
 DOCN  M94A3104
 TI    Profile of opportunistic infections among HIV-infected people in Hong
       Kong.
 DT    9412
 AU    Wong KH; Lee SS; Sitt WH; Li CK; Ho HF; Department of Medicine, Queen
       Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong; Kong.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):152 (abstract no. PB0036). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94369471
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To determine the spectrum of major and minor opportunistic
       infections in a cohort of patients with HIV infection in Hong Kong.
       METHOD: Case records of patients attending the HIV clinic--Special
       Medical Consultation Clinic, between Dec 1984 and Dec 1993 were
       reviewed. Data on HIV-related opportunistic infections were analysed.
       RESULTS: Information on 217 (75%) of 288 patients were eligible for
       analysis, 204 were male and 13 female. 65% was ethnic Chinese. Majority
       (84%) acquired HIV via sexual contacts. 92 (42%) have developed AIDS and
       54 (25%) had other non AIDS-defining opportunistic infections. Common
       first minor opportunistic infections included herpes zoster (31%),
       herpes simplex infection (15%), oral candidiasis (14%) and genital/anal
       wart (9%). The primary AIDS-defining illnesses of 84 patients were
       infections: pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (49%), extrapulmonary
       tuberculous infection (13%), and CMV disease (7%). Penicillium
       marneffei, a disseminated fungal infection, was the first major
       opportunistic infection in 3 patients. CONCLUSION: In Hong Kong,
       pneumocystis carinii pneumonia remained the commonest primary AIDS event
       while Penicillium marneffi infection was also a significant major
       infection. Herpes zoster and oral candidiasis were the two most frequent
       minor opportunistic infections.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION
       AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/CLASSIFICATION/  *EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Candidiasis, Oral/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Condylomata Acuminata/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Female  Herpes Simplex/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Herpes Zoster/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Hong
       Kong/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Human  HIV Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION
       Male  Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Sex Behavior
       MEETING ABSTRACT

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