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Revista Estomatológica Herediana
versão impressa ISSN 1019-4355
Resumo
LEYVA, Hector e DE LA TORRE, Florencio. Prevalence of infectious and parasitic diseases in the service of patients with special needs of the Faculty of Stomatology of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Rev. Estomatol. Herediana [online]. 2023, vol.33, n.4, pp.281-286. Epub 21-Dez-2023. ISSN 1019-4355. http://dx.doi.org/10.20453/reh.v33i4.5108.
Objective:
To determine the prevalence of medical diagnoses of infectious and/or parasitic diseases in patients who attended the Special Patients Stomatology Service (EPE) of the Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University.
Material and methods:
The population (n = 38) comprised the number of medical diagnoses of patients with infectious and/or parasitic diseases who attended the EPE service during 2015 and 2016. The information was transferred to a database in the Excel 2017 program to be processed and analyzed as required by the Stata 12 program.
Results:
Of 1718 medical diagnoses, infectious and/or parasitic diseases had a prevalence of 2.21% (n = 38). Within this group of diseases, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was the most prevalent, with 63.2 % (n = 24), with the male sex being the most prevalent with 79 % (n = 19). Within the age group of 21 to 40 years of age, the second most prevalent specific diagnosis was hepatitis A with 15.8 % (n = 6), whereas the female sex was the most prevalent with 83 % (n = 5).
Conclusions:
The specific diagnosis within the group of infectious and/or parasitic diseases with the highest prevalence was HIV, with 63.2% (n = 24).
Palavras-chave : infectious diseases; oral health; human immunodeficiency virus; communicable diseases.