Factors associated with presentation to care with advanced HIV disease in Brussels and Northern France: 1997-2007.

International audience ; BACKGROUND: Our objective was to determine the frequency and determinants of presentation to care with advanced HIV disease in patients who discover their HIV diagnosis at this stage as well as those with delayed presentation to care after HIV diagnosis in earlier stages. METHODS: We collected data on 1,819 HIV-infected patients in Brussels (Belgium) and Northern France from January 1997 to December 2007. "Advanced HIV disease" was defined as CD4 count <200/mm3 or clinically-defined AIDS at study inclusion and was stratified into two groups: (a) late testing, define... Mehr ...

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Verfasser: Ndiaye, Bakhao
Salleron, Julia
Vincent, Anne
Bataille, Pierre
Bonnevie, Frédérique
Choisy, Philippe
Cochonat, Karine
Fontier, Clotilde
Guerroumi, Habib
Vandercam, Bernard
Melliez, Hugues
Yazdanpanah, Yazdan
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
Verlag/Hrsg.: HAL CCSD
Schlagwörter: MESH: Age Factors / MESH: Male / MESH: Middle Aged / MESH: Adult / MESH: Attitude to Health / MESH: Belgium / MESH: Delayed Diagnosis / MESH: Female / MESH: France / MESH: HIV Infections / MESH: Health Services Accessibility / MESH: Humans / [SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases
Sprache: Englisch
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