title: Clinical aspects of influenza A (H1N1) in HIV-infected individuals in São Paulo during the pandemic of 2009.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the clinical aspects of H1N1 among HIV coinfected patients seen at a reference center for AIDS treatment in São Paulo, Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational and prospective cohort study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive study of clinical and laboratory investigation of HIV-infected patients with confirmed diagnosis of influenza A (H1N1) in 2009. We analyzed patients monitored in CRT/DST/AIDS, a specialized service for people living with HIV, located in São Paulo, Brazil.
  
  
  RESULTS
  108 individuals presented with symptoms of H1N1 infection at the CRT DST/AIDS in 2009. Eighteen patients (16.7%) had confirmation of the diagnosis of influenza A. Among the confirmed cases, ten (55.6%) were hospitalized and eight (44.4%) were outpatients. Dyspnea was present in nine patients (50%), hemoptysis in three (16%). Six patients (60%) required therapy with supplemental oxygen. All patients had good clinical outcomes and none died.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In our hospital, the symptoms that led patients to seek medical care were similar to the common flu. Hospital admission and the early introduction of antibiotics associated with oseltamivir may have been the cause of the favorable outcome of our cases.
authors.affiliation: Inpatient Service, CRT DST AIDS, SES SP, Rua Santa Cruz 81, Vila Mariana, Sao Paulo, SP,Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Del Bianco
authors.forename: Maria Silvia Biagioni
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Maria Clara Gianna Garcia
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Ana Teresa Rodriguez
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Viso
authors.forename: Valquíria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Carvalho
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D058873:Pandemics; D011446:Prospective Studies