Open AccessHIV INFECTION AMONG ETHNOBOTANICALS IV DRUG USERS FOLLOWED IN „DR. VICTOR BABES” CLINICAL HOSPITAL FOR INFECTIONS AND TROPICAL DISEASES
Author(s) -
I Popa,
Simona Erscoiu,
Irina Ianache,
Olivia Burcoş,
Roxana Rădoi,
Cristiana Oprea,
Bucharest Pharmacy
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
romanian journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-6051
pISSN - 1454-3389
DOI - 10.37897/rjid.2017.4.1
Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , tuberculosis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , drug , immunology , addiction , intravenous drug , population , psychiatry , viral disease , environmental health , pathology
HIV/HCV co-infection is permanently increasing in our country especially among intravenous drug users (IDUs) from low socio-economical risk categories. HIV/HCV co-infection among IDUs is associated with a complex pathology, including psychiatric disorders due to severe addiction syndrome, bacterial infection at the injection site and systemic bacterial infections of various degrees of severity. Due to HIV related immunosuppression, pulmonary or extra-pulmonary tuberculosis is frequently diagnosed, with major risk for dissemination Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the general population, including MDR or XDR TB strains.