Causes of death among  HIV/AIDS patients coinfected with HBV and/or HCV     FREE
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    ObjectiveTo study the causes of death among HIV/AIDS patients coinfected with HCV and/or HBV,and analyse the impact of coinfection on the prognosis of HIV/ AIDS patients. MethodsThe main complications and causes of death among  36 HIV/ AIDS patients(including 26 HCV and/or HBV coinfected patients )hospitalized in a hospital were analysed.ResultsAmong simple HIV infected patients , 50.00%(5/10) died of respiratory failure,30.00%(3/10)died of central nervous system diseases, among patients coinfected with HCV and/or HBV,50%(13/26) died of respiratory failure, 23.08%(6/26) died of central nervous system diseases,there was  no  significant difference between  two groups. No one died of liver function failure among simple HIV patients;6 patients coinfected with  HCV and/or HBV died of endstage liver disease ,which accounting for 23.08% of HCV and/or HBV coinfected patients.ConclusionPulmonary infection and central nervous system diseases are the main causes of death in AIDS patients, and is the same causes of death in  HIV/AIDS patients coinfected with HCV and/or HBV. 

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何纲,丁佩佩. HIV合并HCV和/或HBV感染者的死亡原因分析    FREE[J].中国感染控制杂志英文版,2010,9(3):179-181.
HE Gang, DING Peipei. Causes of death among  HIV/AIDS patients coinfected with HBV and/or HCV     FREE[J]. Chin J Infect Control, 2010,9(3):179-181.

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  • Received:June 30,2009
  • Revised:August 28,2009
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  • Online: May 30,2010
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