Clinical profile of HIV/AIDS patients admitted to a tertiary outpatient clinic in Istanbul, Turkey

Results Out of 156 patients, 73 (47%) were admitted with obvious clinical signs and symptoms, whereas 83 (53%) had no signs and symptoms, and they were diagnosed through screens or check-up tests. The most frequent clinical symptoms on first admission were mucocutaneous manifestations of HIV infection (13,5%), weight loss (8%), persistent generalized lymphadenopathy (4,5%), pulmonary tuberculosis (4%), malignancies (4%), Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumoniae (2,5%) and chronic fever (2,5%). Screening tests were conducted most frequently during blood donations (12%), before surgeries (11,5%) and check-ups (7,7%). Among these cases 11,5% were diagnosed by volunteered HIV tests.