PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Baadani, Abeer M.
AU  - Ballool, Sulafa
AU  - Alhemyadi, Salwa
AU  - Sallam, Lina
AU  - ALsufyani, Eid
AU  - Alghamdi, Alaa
AU  - Alfahad, Wafaa
TI  - The clinical outcome of HIV infection at a tertiary care center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2020.9.25274
DP  - 2020 Sep 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 965--970
VI  - 41
IP  - 9
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/41/9/965.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/41/9/965.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2020 Sep 01; 41
AB  - Objectives: To investigate clinical characteristics and the outcome of people living with HIV (PLWHIV) at tertiary care center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Methods: The present retrospective, observational study was carried between 2000-2019 at Prince Sultan Military Medical City (PSMMC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The demographic and clinical characteristics of 137 PLWHIV patients were collected by reviewing the medical data record.Results: Of the total 137 PLWHIV, 78.8% were male and 21.2% were female. At care entry, the most opportunistic infections found were the cytomegalovirus infections. cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections in 13.8% of patients, tuberculosis (8%), AIDS associated malignancy (10.9%), hepatitis B (5.8%), NTM (3.6%), hepatitis C (2.2%). In the present study, more than half of the patients received integrase based combination therapy. The highest number (n=20) of patients were diagnosed in 2018.Conclusions: Our findings describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of PLWHIV at a major tertiary referral hospital in Saudi Arabia. The non AIDS related disease is the major cause of death in HIV infected patients. Early diagnosis and initiation of antiretroviral therapy resulted in a significant decrease in morbidity and mortality.