Mircoorganismos oportunistas que producen encefalitis en pacientes con VIH/SIDA en el hospital de infectología Dr. José Daniel Rodríguez Maridueña, de la ciudad de Guayaquil periodo 2015-2019.

Abstract

HIV / AIDS is considered a severe health problem in which there is a decrease in CD4 lymphocytes in the blood, with a poor prognosis, the opportunistic microorganisms that affect these patients lead to neurological complications and high mortality rates. Objective: To determine the types of microorganisms that produce encephalitis in patients with HIV / AIDS at the Infectolog hospitalito Dr. Josand Daniel Rodriguez Maridueña in the city of Guayaquil period 2015- 2019.Method: A sample of 100 patients with the final diagnosis of encephalitis associated with HIV was collected in the period from January 2015 to December 2019. Results:Toxoplasma gondii was found to be the most frequent microorganism in the periods 2015 to 2019 with a percentage of 64% of cases, followed by Mycobacterium tuberculosis with 19% of cases, 7% corresponding to Cryptococcus neoformans, 6% to Cytomegalovirus. 3% to Herpes Simplex Virus and 1% to Varicella Zoster. Regarding age, the most frequent range was the age of 31 to 70 years, with 66%, followed by the range of those under 30 years of age with 34% of cases. The male sex was the case most affected by this pathology, with 81% of the cases, while the female cases were 19% that formed part of the present degree work. Conclusion: In our study, we must highlight the high index that was obtained by pointing to toxoplasma gondii,.