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Infectious Diseases
and STD-AIDS
Infectious Diseases and STD-AIDS 2018
Journal of Transmitted Diseases and Immunity
ISSN 2471-8084
A p r i l 2 6 , 2 7 2 0 1 8
R o m e , I t a l y
Page 59
J Transm Dis Immun 2018 Volume 2
DOI: 10.21767/2573-0320-C1-003
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ntiretroviral therapy and its major scaling up over the past decade has contributed to improving the quality of life of people
living with HIV, but the mortality associated with this pandemic remains a concern in our environment and opportunistic
infections are the major causes of death in most patients. The objective is to determine the causes of patients’ deaths living
with HIV at the Lubumbashi University Center of Excellence. A documentary review of patients was conducted from May 2011 to
December 2015. Death is considered HIV-related if it is the result of an opportunistic infection in any patient with CD4 less than
200/mm
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. 1717 patients were recruited to the center of excellence between May 2011 and December 2015, the mortality rate was
24.1% patient year, 67.95% women and 32.05% male 76.63% of patients had CD4 less than 200 mm3. 86% of the causes were
directly related to HIV, cryptococcal neuro meningitis comes first with 16.6%, while tuberculosis follows with 15.3%; 8% of the
causes were not directly related to HIV, it is notably hepatopathies with 2.6%.
joekabongo2004@gmail.comCauses of deaths of HIV-infected patients at the
HIV/AIDS center of excellence of the University of
Lubumbashi in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of
Congo
Katabwa Kabongo Joe, Benita Mutape, Kanku Kazibale B., Kishi-
ba David and Wembonyama Stanis
University of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo