title: [Analysis of autopsies in HIV infection].
abstract: The analysis of 321 necropsies made in Clinical Infections Hospital N 2 from 1991 to 2001 showed a significant increase in the number of deaths of HIV-infection beginning from 1996. The highest mortality (40%) was registered among males aged 25-34 years. The deceased had a wide spectrum of opportunistic diseases (infections and tumors). The deceased with AIDS most frequently had cytomegaloviral infections (19%), tuberculosis (14%), Kaposi's sarcoma (10%), bacterial pneumonias (8%), toxoplasmosis (7%). A late stage of AIDS was characterized by generalized opportunistic diseases, the presence of several severe infectious diseases and more frequent neoplasms.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Morphology, 117418, Moscow.
authors.forename: Iu G
authors.initials: IuG
authors.lastname: Parkhomenko
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Tishkevich
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Shakhgil'dian
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology