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dc.creatorTassara O,Renzo
dc.creatorAlarcón O,Teresa
dc.creatorLarrañaga L,Carmen
dc.creatorWu H,Elba
dc.creatorAlvarez P,Ana M
dc.date2003-01-01
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dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872003000100003
dc.identifier.urihttps://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/107429
dc.descriptionBackground: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemiology has changed, affecting an increasing number of children. As in adults, the disease predominantly affects the digestive and respiratory systems. Aim: To report the gastrointestinal problems in HIV infected pediatric patients. Patients and methods: Twenty four HIV infected children (nine male, aged 1 to 12 years old, followed for 1 to 170 months), are reported. This group has been under care by a multiprofessional team. Results: Oral candidiasis was present in 21 (88%), esophagic candidiasis in 3 (13%), oral ulcers in 4 (17%). Diarrhea was observed in 18 children (75%) and in eight, it had a chronic evolution. Cryptosporidium parvum was the most frequent agent found in six cases (1 with acute and 5 with chronic diarrhea). Schlerosing cholangiopathy was observed in one case, with a fatal outcome, in association to microsporidiosis. Upper endoscopy was done in 11 patients, demonstrating microscopic inflammatory changes in esophagic, gastric and duodenal epithelia in all. Conclusions: Digestive problems are common in HIV infected pediatric patients. They must be always sought actively. Endoscopy is a valuable tool for the early diagnosis of these problems (Rev Méd Chile 2003; 131: 19-24)
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dc.publisherSociedad Médica de Santiago
dc.relation10.4067/S0034-98872003000100003
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceRevista médica de Chile v.131 n.1 2003
dc.subjectCandidiasis, oral
dc.subjectHIV enteropathy
dc.subjectHIV infections
dc.subjectHIV seropositivity
dc.titlePatología digestiva en niños infectados con el virus de inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH), en Santiago de Chile


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