Contemporary condition of HIV-positive subjects followed-up in the AIDS centre, faculty hospital Plzen
Sedlacek, D.
Epidemiologie Mikrobiologie Imunologie 46(3): 119-123
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 1210-7913 Document Number: 283439
The AIDS centre for the western Bohemian region was established at the Infectious Diseases Clinic of the Plzen Faculty Hospital in 1993 but since 1986 the Clinic looks after HIV-positive patients. By Dec. 31, 1996 23 HIV-positive patients were on the records of the centre, the majority having dispensary care. Two patients met the criteria for stage C3 according to CDC (Center for Disease Control), i.e. AIDS. One of them died from generalized cytomegalovirus infection (CMV). Nine subject are in stage B, the remainder are still asymptomatic. In the submitted paper the authors analyze the health status of different patients with regard to special features of infectious complications in these subjects.