Open AccessDeterminants of Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Positive Patients on HAART in Debre Berhan Referral Hospital, North Shoa Zone, Ethiopia, 2020: A Case–Control Study
Author(s) -
Abrham Shitaw Tewachew,
Wassie Negash,
Abinet Dagnaw Mekuria,
Yosef Eshetie Amare
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
hiv/aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1373
DOI - 10.2147/hiv.s298661
Subject(s) - medicine , opportunistic infection , logistic regression , confounding , referral , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , coinfection , antiretroviral therapy , transmission (telecommunications) , pediatrics , immunology , family medicine , viral load , viral disease , electrical engineering , engineering
Opportunistic infections are an illness that exists more frequently and is more severe in people with HIV. In HIV/AIDS patients, opportunistic infections still cause morbidity and mortality even after the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and most patients die as direct or indirect complications of opportunistic infections. This study was aimed to identify the determinants for the occurrence of opportunistic infections in HIV-positive patients having HAART follow-up in DBRH, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.