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Spectrum of Opportunistic Fungal Infections in HIVAIDS Patients in Tertiary Care Hospital in India
Joint Authors
Bhalla, Preena
Kaur, Ravinder
Dhakad, Megh S.
Goyal, Ritu
Dewan, Richa
Source
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-06-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
HIV related opportunistic fungal infections (OFIs) continue to cause morbidity and mortality in HIV infected patients.
The objective for this prospective study is to elucidate the prevalence and spectrum of common OFIs in HIV/AIDS patients in north India.
Relevant clinical samples were collected from symptomatic HIV positive patients ( n = 280 ) of all age groups and both sexes and subjected to direct microscopy and fungal culture.
Identification as well as speciation of the fungal isolates was done as per the standard recommended methods.
CD4+T cell counts were determined by flow cytometry using Fluorescent Activated Cell Sorter Count system.
215 fungal isolates were isolated with the isolation rate of 41.1%.
Candida species (86.5%) were the commonest followed by Aspergillus (6.5%), Cryptococcus (3.3%), Penicillium (1.9%), and Alternaria and Rhodotorula spp.
(0.9% each).
Among Candida species, Candida albicans (75.8%) was the most prevalent species followed by C.
tropicalis (9.7%), C.
krusei (6.4%), C.
glabrata (4.3%), C.
parapsilosis (2.7%), and C.
kefyr (1.1%).
Study demonstrates that the oropharyngeal candidiasis is the commonest among different OFIs and would help to increase the awareness of clinicians in diagnosis and early treatment of these infections helping in the proper management of the patients especially in resource limited countries like ours.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kaur, Ravinder& Dhakad, Megh S.& Goyal, Ritu& Bhalla, Preena& Dewan, Richa. 2016. Spectrum of Opportunistic Fungal Infections in HIVAIDS Patients in Tertiary Care Hospital in India. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kaur, Ravinder…[et al.]. Spectrum of Opportunistic Fungal Infections in HIVAIDS Patients in Tertiary Care Hospital in India. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Kaur, Ravinder& Dhakad, Megh S.& Goyal, Ritu& Bhalla, Preena& Dewan, Richa. Spectrum of Opportunistic Fungal Infections in HIVAIDS Patients in Tertiary Care Hospital in India. Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1099972
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1099972