title: [AIDS in Tunisian women. Study of 92 cases].
abstract: The authors report a retrospective study about 92 cases of HIV-1 infections among adult tunisian women hospitalised or consulting in the department of infectious diseases at Rabta hospital over a period of 15 years and 6 months. The middle age is 33.2 years. 64.1% of patients are married, and the conjoint is HIV-1 positive in 84.1% of cases. The route of transmission is sexual in 75%, parenteral in 22.8% and unknown in 2.2%. According to CD4 level and clinical symptoms, patients are at AIDS stage in 75.5%. The main clinical symptoms are: oral candidiasis in 92.4%, diarrhea in 54.3%, pneumocystis carinii pneumoniae in 11.9%, cerebral toxoplasmosis in 10.9%, septicemia caused particularly by salmonella in 9.7%, tuberculosis in 6.7%, cryptococcal meningitis in 4.3% an Kaposi's sarcoma in 3.2%. Mother to child HIV transmission is found in 33.3%, and the mortality is noted in 43.5% of cases.
authors.affiliation: Service des Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital la Rabta, Tunis.
authors.forename: Fayçal
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zouiten
authors.forename: Amel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben Said
authors.forename: Lamia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ammari
authors.forename: Amine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Slim
authors.forename: Fakher
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kanoun
authors.forename: Taoufik
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ben Chaabane
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000473:pathology; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000635:transmission; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases; D014416:Tunisia; D016387:Women's Health