Seroprevalence Rate of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Surgical Patients

Authors

  • Somkiat Wattanasirichaigoon Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Vajira Hospital, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok 10300, Thailand

Abstract

All patients (age>14 yr) admitted to the surgical department of Vajira Hospital, between January 1991 and December 1993 were evaluated for HIV infection within the first 24 hours of admission. 'This study was aimed to establish the incidence of HIV in the surgical patients by grouping into 28 subgroups according to their subspecialties, type of admission (emergency or elective) and sex. Twenty thousand and nineteen patients underwent HIV antibody assay, of whom 277 had positive results with confirmation by Western blot analysis (1.38%). Out of 277 cases, 237 were males (85.56%) and 40 were females (14.44%), Accident and emergency accounted for 79.42 per cent of all the cases.

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Published

1995-06-30

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Wattanasirichaigoon S. Seroprevalence Rate of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Surgical Patients. Thai J Surg [Internet]. 1995 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 Jul. 18];16(1):20-5. Available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ThaiJSurg/article/view/250195

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (1995): January - June

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Original Articles

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