[Comparative study of community acute kidney injury in HIV infected versus non-infected persons: Experience of an internal medicine department in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire)].

BACKGROUND: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is commonly associated with HIV infection.

OBJECTIVES: To describe the profile of AKI in HIV infected versus non-infected persons.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: This is a prospective study that was carried out during the study period from January 2010 to December 2015 in the department of nephrology-internal medicine D of Treichville University Hospital (Côte d'Ivoire).

RESULTS: The prevalence of HIV infection was 35.2% in the population of AKI. The average age of patients was 42±18 years in the HIV positive group against 51±18 years in the HIV negative group (P=0.0001). Etiologies were infections in 65.1% in the HIV positive group against 38.8% in the HIV negative group (P=0.0001) and water loss in 24.7% in the HIV positive group against 7.8% in the HIV negative group (P=0.0001). Factors such as the AIDS stage (P=0.002), severe sepsis (P=0.002) and acute pyelonephritis (P=0.001) were associated with mortality in HIV positive patients against severe anemia (P=0.0001) and severe sepsis (P=0.0001) in the HIV-negative group.

CONCLUSION: HIV positive patients are younger with a female predominance. The mortality rate is identical in both groups.