Document 3111
 DOCN  M94A3111
 TI    Clinical features of patients with AIDS in Japan.
 DT    9412
 AU    Ajisawa A; Negishi M; Yamaguchi T; Tmagawa S; Department of Infectious
       Diseases, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome; Hospital, Japan.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):151 (abstract no. PB0031). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94369464
 AB    OBJECTS: A total of only 685 patients with acquired immunodeficiency
       syndrome (AIDS) had been reported in Japan as of the end of 1993. Since
       clinical reports of AIDS patients in Japan have been rare, we studied
       the clinical presentations of AIDS cases in Japan in an effort to
       ascertain the factors responsible. METHODS: To investigate their
       clinical course, we reviewed the records of 90 patients with AIDS at
       Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital from 1985 to 1993. RESULTS: Of the
       90 patients, 87 were men and three were women. Among these AIDS cases,
       the highest proportion was found to be homosexual men, next heterosexual
       contacts, and third hemophiliacs. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia was the
       most frequent AIDS complication (60 episodes). The next most common
       complicating disease was cytomegarovirus infection (40 episodes),
       followed by internal Candidiasis (20 episodes). There were fewer
       presentations of diarrhea with protozoal or bacterial causes.
       Cryptosporidiosis was evident in three cases, of which all had been
       infected in other countries. There was only one case of Salmonella
       enterocolitis. Other bacterial gastrointestinal infections were also
       rare. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with AIDS in Japan had fewer protozoal or
       bacterial gastrointestinal infections. These findings may reflect a
       difference in food and eating styles.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY/
       TRANSMISSION  AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Bacterial Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Candidiasis/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Cryptosporidiosis/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Cytomegalovirus Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Female  Human  Japan/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Male  Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
       carinii/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Protozoan Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Retrospective
       Studies  Tokyo/EPIDEMIOLOGY  MEETING ABSTRACT

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