CARACTERIZACIÓN CLÍNICA Y EPIDEMIOLÓGICA DE LAS PARASITOSIS INTESTINALES EN PACIENTES ADULTOS CON VIH Y SÍNDROME DIARREICO EN EL HOSPITAL DE INFECTOLOGÍA DE GUAYAQUIL EN EL PERIODO ENERO-DICIEMBRE 2017-2018

Abstract

Background: HIV is a global public health problem, a large percentage of these patients' hospital admissions are due to gastrointestinal symptoms, leading to diarrheal syndrome, in tropical countries parasitosis are an important cause to consider.Objective: To characterize clinically and epidemiologically intestinal parasitosis in adult patients with HIV and diarrheal syndrome. Methodology: 100 HIV positive patients with diarrheal syndrome and intestinal parasitosis who attended the Hospital of Infectology in the period from January to December 2017-2018 were studied. The clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the patients' medical records were collected. The data obtained was analyzed with the SPSS statistical program, frequencies and percentages and the differences of the groups were applied using the Chi-square test. Results and conclusions: In this study it is shown that the most frequently isolated parasite was S.stercoralis, clinically intestinal parasites manifested as abdominal pain (72.0%), vomiting (70.0%), fever (62.0 %), dehydration (43.0%) and dysentery (16.0%). The most affected group were patients whose CD4 + counts were below 200 cels/mm3. Epidemiologically, males were the most affected sex (84%), and the predominant age group was from 26 to 52 years