Opportunistic Fungal Infections in HIV/AIDS
Journal Title: IJSR-International Journal Of Scientific Research - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 7
Abstract
Aim: The prevalence of opportunistic fungal infections in HIV/AIDS was studied. Material and Methods: The study group comprised of 207 HIV seropositive patients receiving care at KMC Hospital, Mangalore. Various samples e.g. Sputum, Oral Swab, Blood, CSF, Nail clippings and Skin scrapings were collected and analysed for identification of fungus using wet mount, India Ink, Gram stain, Modified Toluidine Blue O Stain, Giemsa Stain, Methylene Blue Stain , and cultured on SDA and Chocolate Agar media. Statistics: It is an open, observational, descriptive, and prospective study. Result: Of the 207 HIV positive cases 81(39.1%) were positive for Candida spp. of which 67 (82.7%) were male and 14 (17.3%) were female. A total 15 (7.2%) cases were positive for Cryptococcus neoformans , 14(6.8%) patients were found to be positive for cyst of P.jirovecii and two (0.97%) were found to be positive for Penicillium marneffei infection. There was no significant difference in the prevalence rate between male and female. Conclusion: The highest incidence of opportunistic fungal infection was observed in the age group of 20-40years. Most prevalent fungal infection was identified as Candida spp. followed by Cryptococcus neoformans, Pneumocystis jirovecii and Penicillium marneffei..
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Shrikara Mallya, Chinmaya Dash
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