HBV, CMV or TB co-infection worsen progression of HIV, due to specific pathogenicity of etiologic agents and antimicrobial therapy which is required to be initiated.
Authors have tried to establish a link between HBV, CMV or TB co-infection and the risks for emergence of digestive and respiratory episodes. We have used data from the medical records of HIV-AIDS department of Arad County Emergency Hospital for HIV patients in evidence in 2013. Data were analyzed SPSS.14.0 for Windows, MedCalc and Epi Info Analysis.
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Of the 149 patients 38 presented HBV, CMV or TB co-infection (25.5%) and statistically was significant in the history of their recorded adverse reactions that changing ART regimens was required (P=0.0324), they also displayed digestive and respiratory episodes P=0.0057 and P=0.0033, being at relative risk of 1.7344 to 1.6692 respectively for these episodes compared with HIV patients co-infection.
HIV patients with co-infection stand at increased risk for digestive and respiratory intercurrent infectious episodes, monitoring them being a basic element for their quality of life and for survival rates improvements.
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