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- Document 0663
- DOCN M9620663
- TI Presumptive clinical criteria versus endoscopy in the diagnosis of
- Candida esophagitis at various HIV-1 disease stages.
- DT 9602
- AU Antinori A; Antinori A; Ammassari A; Masetti R; De Luca A; Murri R;
- Tamburrini E; Magistrelli P; Department of Infectious Diseases, Catholic
- University, Rome,; Italy.
- SO Endoscopy. 1995 Jun;27(5):371-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
- MED/96026936
- AB BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS: The presumptive diagnosis of Candida
- esophagitis has been included in the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- case definition for full-blown AIDS since 1987. Endoscopic examination
- should be reserved for patients showing symptoms despite treatment. The
- purpose of this study was to assess the degree of diagnostic accuracy of
- the CDC presumptive clinical criteria and to determine the usefulness of
- upper digestive endoscopy in the diagnosis of Candida esophagitis in
- patients infected with HIV-1, with and without a previous AIDS-defining
- event. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 144 HIV-1 infected patients who
- had undergone an upper digestive endoscopy were studied retrospectively.
- To determine the risk and the predictive value of the clinical markers,
- only the 84 patients without prior antimycotic therapy were included.
- RESULTS: Of the 84 patients without previous treatment, 34 (41%) had a
- history of an AIDS-defining illness. Candida esophagitis was found on
- endoscopy in 11 of the AIDS and 28 of the non-AIDS cases. Oral thrush,
- either alone (relative risk [R.R.] 9.4; 95% C.I. 2.4-36.4; p < 0.01;
- positive predictive value [PPV] 82%) or in combination with esophageal
- symptoms (R.R. 7.4; 95% C.I. 2.5-21.9; p < 0.01; PPV 89%), was a
- reliable marker of Candida esophagitis only in patients with a previous
- AIDS-defining event. The diagnostic value of the CDC presumptive pattern
- was confirmed by a multivariate analysis after controlling for the CD4
- cell count (R.R. 9.3; 95% C.I. 2.3-25.3; p < 0.01). On the other hand,
- in HIV-1 positive patients without a previous AIDS-defining event, the
- diagnostic accuracy of oral candidiasis, either alone (R.R. 1.4; 95%
- C.I. 0.8-2.4; p n.s.; PPV 64%) or in combination with esophageal
- symptoms (R.R. 1.1; 95% C.I. 0.7-1.8; p n.s.; PPV 60%), was too low to
- allow a reliable diagnosis of Candida esophagitis. CONCLUSIONS: A
- presumptive diagnosis of Candida esophagitis on the basis of the CDC
- clinical criteria is a valid diagnostic method only in HIV-1 infected
- patients with a previous diagnosis of full-blown AIDS. Upper digestive
- endoscopy should be performed in symptomatic patients with no history of
- an AIDS-defining illness, especially if the diagnosis of esophageal
- candidiasis is important for surveillance purposes.
- DE Adult AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/*DIAGNOSIS/MICROBIOLOGY
- Candidiasis/*COMPLICATIONS/*DIAGNOSIS
- Esophagitis/*COMPLICATIONS/*DIAGNOSIS/MICROBIOLOGY Female Human HIV
- Infections/*COMPLICATIONS *HIV-1 Male Middle Age Retrospective
- Studies Sensitivity and Specificity JOURNAL ARTICLE
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- SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
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