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dc.contributor.authorTlhakanelo, John Thato
dc.contributor.authorTshikuka, Jose Gaby
dc.contributor.authorMolefi, Mooketsi
dc.contributor.authorMagafu, Mgaywa Gilbert Mjungu Damas
dc.contributor.authorMasupe, Tiny
dc.contributor.authorMatchaba-Hove, Reginald Blessing
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-23T14:08:21Z
dc.date.available2017-11-23T14:08:21Z
dc.date.issued2015-08-31
dc.identifier.citationTlhakanelo, J.T. et al (2015) HIV hospital admissions attributable to specific opportunistic infections and factors associated with them at a Botswana Referral Hospital. World Journal of AIDS, Vol 5, No. 3, pp.175-181en_US
dc.identifier.issn2160-8814
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10311/1768
dc.description.abstractHospital admissions among people living with HIV (PLWH) in Botswana are high. Opportunistic infections (OIs) are responsible for most of these admissions. Although leading OIs causing these admissions have been identified in the region, their correlates are poorly understood. This study aimed to: 1) evaluate major OIs responsible for admissions among HIV patients at Princess Marina Hospital (PMH) in Botswana; 2) estimate the proportion and identify the most frequent admissions attributable to specific OIs; 3) characterize major correlates of admissions attributable to each specific OIs and identify populations most at risk as a base for effective policy and resource orientation. HIV infected patients were randomly selected from hospital record lists. Biomedical, sociodemographic and economic data were collected from the records and from face-to-face patient interviews and analyzed. Tuberculosis was the most important OI responsible for 234.6 per 1000 HIV admissions. Cryptococcal meningitis accounted for 162.0 per 1000 admissions. Patients with a CD4-cell count < 350/μL and males were more likely to be admitted for both tuberculosis and cryptococcal meningitis compared to those with a CD4-cell count > 350/μL and females. The risk of admission due to cryptococcal meningitis was also high among patients with low socioeconomic status (SES). Females were more at risk for Cryptosporidium, Bacterial pneumonia (BP), Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP), Herpes and candidiasis-specific admissions than male and, patients not on co-trimoxazole were more likely to be admitted than those on co-trimoxazole.en_US
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dc.publisherScientific Research, www.scirp.org/en_US
dc.subjectBotswanaen_US
dc.subjectpeople living with HIVen_US
dc.subjectopportunistic infectionsen_US
dc.subjecthospital admissionsen_US
dc.titleHIV hospital admissions attributable to specific opportunistic infections and factors associated with them at a Botswana Referral Hospitalen_US
dc.typePublished Articleen_US
dc.linkhttps://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=59276en_US


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