A recent increase in AIDS at Lyon University Hospitals: patient characteristics and comparisons with previous years.

Background: A 36% increase in the incidence of AIDS was observed in 2002/2003 compared with 2000/2001 at Lyon University Hospitals.

Objectives: We compared the characteristics of these patients with the characteristics of those diagnosed previously with AIDS.

Methods: Data for all patients with AIDS diagnosed at Lyon University Hospitals were analyzed.

Characteristics of patients diagnosed with AIDS shortly after first detection of HIV antibodies in Lyon University hospitals from 1985 to 2001.

A diagnosis of AIDS shortly after the detection of HIV antibodies suggests a long-lasting course of the disease without care. The factors associated with a short delay between the initial HIV-1-positive test and the first AIDS-defining event were identified in 1901 patients from 1985 to 2001 in Lyon University hospitals. A total of 576 individuals (30.

The AIDS epidemic in Lyon: patient characteristics and defining illnesses between 1985 and 2000.

Objectives: To define the characteristics of 1899 patients diagnosed with AIDS at Lyon University Hospitals (LUH) across four time periods corresponding to different antiretroviral eras, and to analyse the evolution of specific AIDS-defining illnesses (ADIs) with time.

Methods: All AIDS patients at LUH between 1 January 1985 and 31 December 2000 were included in the study. The data were compared using the chi(2) test and one-way analysis of variance.

Factors associated with the time elapsed between the initial detection of HIV-1 antibodies and a diagnosis of AIDS among patients followed in Lyons University Hospitals. CISIH Collaborators.

Objective: To identify the factors associated with a short period between the initial detection of HIV-1 antibodies and AIDS diagnosis among patients from Lyons, France.

Design And Method: Prospective hospital based cohort study of patients diagnosed with AIDS in Lyons University Hospitals from 1994 to 1997. Cox regression was used to identify the variables independently associated with a short period between the first positive HIV-1 detection test and AIDS.