[Prevalence of pneumocystosis in HIV infected patients in a pneumology unit. Autopsy study performed in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire)].
Autopsies were performed in the Pathology Department of the Treichville University Hospital, Abidjan, Ivory Coast in 70 HIV infected subjects who had died in the Department of Pneumophtisiology. The prevalence of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia was determined. None of the patients had received prophylaxis against P. carinii and none had bee treated for pneumocystosis. Autopsies were performed within 6 to 48 hours after death and the diagnosis of pneumocystosis was confirmed with the Gomori-Grocott staining technique on lung specimens. Among the 70 autopsies Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia was observed in 6. Thus the prevalence of P. carinii pneumonia in these patients infected with HIV was 8.57%.
Coulibaly
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G
Service de Pneumophtisiologie, CHU de Treichville, Abidjan.
N'Dhatz
M
M
Domoua
K
K
Aka-Danguy
E
E
Traore
F
F
Konan
J B
JB
Beaume
A
A
Diomande
M
M
Lucas
S
S
Decock
K M
KM
D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016720:Pneumocystis Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D015995:Prevalence; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology
Prévalence de la pneumocystose chez les sujets infectés par le VIH dans un service de pneumophtisiologie. Etude autopsique réalisée à Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire).