Coinfecciones por virus hepatitis B, virus hepatitis C, Treponema pallidum y Toxoplasma gondii en la cohorte de pacientes VIH positivos en control en la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Three hundred ninety five patients (aged 16 to 89 years, 359males) were included in the review. Seventy nine percent had been tested for HBV status with HBsAg,and the global HIV-HBV co-infection prevalence was 6.1%. A subgroup of 190 individuals were testedfor HBV infection with HBsAg and IgM/IgG anti-HBc markers. Of these, 46% fulfilled co-infectioncriteria: eight with acute hepatitis B, 11 with chronic hepatitis B and 69 with inactive HBV infection.The frequency of HIV-HBV co-infection was 48% and 22% among men and women respectively (NS).HCV-HIV co-infection was detected in 3%, syphilis-HIV co-infection in 21% and T gondii-HIV co-infection in 26%.