HIV-Care Outcome in Saudi Arabia; a Longitudinal Cohort

• Published in: Journal of AIDS & clinical research 2014-11, Vol.5 (11)
• Main Authors: Al-Mozaini, Maha A, Mansour, Michael K, Al-Hokail, Abdullah A, Mohmed, Magid A, Daham, Munirah A Bin, Al-Abdely, Hail M, Frayha, Husn H, Al-Rabiah, Fahad A, Alhajjar, Sami H, Keshavjee, Salmaan, Adra, Chaker N, Alrajhi, Abdulrahman A
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 2155-6113; 2155-6113
• DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000370

Clinical characteristics of HIV-1 infection in people inhabiting Western, Sub-Saharan African, and South-East Asian countries are well recognized. However, very little information is available with regard to HIV-1 infection and treatment outcome in MENA countries including the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. Clinical, demographic and epidemiologic characteristics of 602 HIV-1 infected patients followed in the adult Infectious Diseases Clinic of King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia a tertiary referral center were longitudinally collected from 1989 to 2010. Of the 602 HIV-1 infected patients in this observation period, 70% were male. The major mode of HIV-1 transmission was heterosexual contact (55%). At diagnosis, opportunistic infections were found in 49% of patients, most commonly being pneumocysitis. AIDS associated neoplasia was also noted in 6% of patients. A hundred and forty-seven patients (24%) died from the cohort by the end of the observation period. The mortality rate peaked in 1992 at 90 deaths per 1000 person-year, whereas the mortality rate gradually decreased to