Predictors of good outcome after one year of anti-retroviral therapy among patients diagnosed with hiv enrolled in the treatment hub of Makati Medical Center

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Kate Leslie Ann C Navarro

Makati Medical Center, Phillipines

: J Virol Antivir Res

Abstract

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A surge in the incidence of HIV in the Philippines was recently observed. Makati Medical Center (MMC) was accredited in 2012 as one of the treatment hubs after the introduction Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ARV). Predictors good outcome were identified after a year of ARV among HIV patients enrolled at MMC treatment hub. This is a retrospective cohort study of 417 HIV patients treated from January 2006 to January 2014. Most patients enrolled were male (98%), single (98%), of reproductive age (91%), males having sex with males (49%) and engage in anal sex (44%). The median age at the start of treatment is 31 years old (25-35 IQR). After a year of ARV, 92% had good outcome while 7.7% had poor outcome. Compliance and better HIV staging after a year treatment were associated with good outcome. Good compliance and better HIV staging after treatment are predictors of good outcome of treatment at 1 year.

Biography

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Kate Leslie Ann C Navarro has completed her Fellowship in Infectious Diseases from Pangasinan, Philippines. She is the Chairperson of Infection Control Committee of The Medical City-Pangasinan. Phillipines.

E-mail: chemednavarro@gmail.com