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  • Title: Upper gastrointestinal endoscopic findings in patients with HIV/AIDS at the Jos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.
    Author: Okeke EN, Agaba EI, Achinge GI, Malu AO.
    Journal: Niger J Med; 2003; 12(4):202-5. PubMed ID: 14768194.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Upper gastrointestinal tract involvement in HIV/AIDS is common. No data exist on the pattern of upper gastrointestinal endoscopic findings in HIV/AIDS patients in Nigeria. OBJECTIVE: To describe the pattern of upper gastrointestinal endoscopic findings in HIV/AIDS patients. DESIGN: A hospital based retrospective case-control study involving 52 HIV/AIDS patients and 52 age and sex matched controls. SETTING: Medicine Department of the Jos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. METHODS: Medical records of patients with HIV/AIDS and an age and gender matched control who underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy over an eight-year period were reviewed. RESULTS: Oesophageal candidiasis was the commonest finding in 18 (34.6%) of subjects with HIV/AIDS followed by normal upper gastrointestinal tract in 17 (32.1%). Normal upper gastrointestinal tract was found in 57.6% of HIV seronegative subjects while oesophageal candidiasis occurred in one (1.9%) of these patients. Duodenal ulcer and gastritis occurred with equal frequencies in HIV/AIDS patients (7.5%) and controls. CONCLUSION: Oesophageal candidiasis was the commonest upper gastrointestinal endoscopic finding in patients with HIV/AIDS.
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