Magnitude of opportunistic infections and associated factors among HIV-infected individuals attending care and treatment clinics in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a hospital-based cross-sectional study.

Publication date: Jan 20, 2025

This study aims to assess the magnitude of opportunistic infection (OI) and to identify factors associated with OIs among people living with HIV (PLHIV) on antiretroviral treatment (ART), attending HIV care and treatment clinics. A hospital-based cross-sectional study. The study was conducted at Muhimbili National Hospital, Mwananyamala and Temeke Regional Referral Hospitals, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We enrolled 382 PLHIV on ART who were attending HIV care and treatment clinics in Dar es Salaam. Structured questionnaires were used to collect socio-demographic information, and a checklist was used to extract clinical characteristics from the client’s HIV care and treatment clinic cards. Information was subjected to descriptive and regression analysis using Stata V. 13. All factors were considered significant at p

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Concepts Keywords
Antiretroviral Adult
Hiv AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
Hospitals Anti-HIV Agents
Opportunistic Anti-HIV Agents
Tanzania CD4 Lymphocyte Count
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diagnostic microbiology
Female
HIV & AIDS
HIV Infections
Humans
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Male
MICROBIOLOGY
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Tanzania
Tuberculosis
Young Adult

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH opportunistic infections
disease MESH AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
disease MESH AIDS
disease MESH HIV Infections
disease MESH INFECTIOUS DISEASES
disease MESH Tuberculosis
pathway KEGG Tuberculosis

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