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- The study analyzed 21 HIV/AIDS cases at Uludag University Medical Faculty from 1997-2003, focusing on their epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory aspects.
- 90% of the cases were heterosexual, and 9 diagnoses were found incidentally during blood donations or routine testing.
- The non-compliance rate to antiretroviral treatment was 76%, primarily due to difficulties in accessing the required medications, with common opportunistic infections including oropharyngeal candidiasis, herpes zoster, and community-acquired pneumonia.
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In this study, 21 HIV/AIDS cases (18 male, 3 female; age range 17-64 years), followed up in the Department of Infectious Diseases of Uludag University Medical Faculty between 1997-2003 have been analyzed retrospectively, by means of epidemiological, clinical and laboratory aspects. Nineteen (90%) of them were heterosexual, and in 9 cases the diagnosis was coincidental during the blood donations or routine testing. The non-compliance rate of patients to antiretroviral treatment was found as 76%, and the most important factor for non-compliance was the difficulty in providing antiretroviral drugs. The most frequently encountered opportunistic infections were oropharyngeal candidiasis (n:5), herpes zoster (n:4) and community acquired pneumonia (n:4).
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