TY - JOUR AU - Joshi, Hari Shanker AU - Das, Rabindranath AU - Agnihotri, Arun Kumar AU - Subba, Sonu H AU - Murthy, Ramnesh AU - Dabral, S B PY - 2004/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Spectrum Of Opportunistic Infections In Aids Cases In A Tertiary Care Hospital In Nepal JF - Indian Journal of Community Health JA - Indian J Community Health VL - 16 IS - 2 SE - Original Article DO - UR - https://www.iapsmupuk.org/journal/index.php/IJCH/article/view/97 SP - 35-41 AB - <p>A retrospective study was carried out, 404 clinically suspected cases attending AIDS clinic at Manipal Teaching Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal to assess an occurance of opportunistic infections in AIDS cases. Study reveals that Tuberculosis (60%), Cryptospridiosis (13.33%) and candidasis (11.11%) are the predominant opportunistic infection in HIV/AIDS patients in the Pokharo village. Next common pathogen was found an ubiquitous yeast. Candida obtained from skin, oral cavity, oesophagus, sputum and stool. The least common documented documented infection was pneumocystis carini pneumonia (2.22%).</p> ER -