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35THE INCIDENCE AND CLINICAL FEATURES OF OTITIS MEDIA IN
PATIENTS WITH HIV INFECTION
Shahnoza Azamatovna Alimova
Bukhara state medical institute
ABSTRACT
The work was carried out at the clinical base of the Bukhara State Medical Institute - and at the regional multidisciplinary clinical hospital. Analyzed data of examination and treatment of 75 patients from 18 to 60 years old, with ENT pathology against the background of HIV infection for the period from 2020-2021. Also examined were 30 non-HIV-infected patients of the same age and sex. All patients underwent a comprehensive examination, including otorhinolaryngological, clinical laboratory, bacteriological, and immunological studies.
HIV-infected patients are characterized by frequent exacerbations of ENT diseases, in which 78.8% of patients were hospitalized due to the severity of the disease, and 21.2% of patients were treated in an outpatient setting. Severe and complicated forms of ENT disease occurred at a high frequency against the background of HIV infection, accounting for 23%. Of the complications that developed against the background of HIV infection, 13.4% were meningitis, 7.7% were brain abscesses, 1.9% were severe sepsis, and 9.6% were fatal.
Keywords: HIV-infected patients, non-HIV-infected patients, acute otitis media, chronic otitis media.
Relevance. The problem of diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic forms of pathologies of ENT organs is confirmed by the fact of a high degree of morbidity and treatment of patients to GPS and ENT doctors. The prolonged, chronic course of the disease, cases of systemic inflammation syndrome (SIRS - systemic inflammatory response syndrome), the development of severe, life-threatening complications remain unsolved to date [1;6]. This problem acquires its vital relevance not only for otorhinolaryngologists, but for the entire practical medicine as a whole. A very extensive group of inflammatory diseases are infectious pathologies of the ENT organs, each of which a person is "able" to tolerate several times in his life.
Acute otitis media - (AOM) is the most common pathology in young children. If during the first 7 years of life, 95% of children have a history of at least one episode of the incidence of AOM, then by the age of 3, this indicator is 71%. According to the HMO (Health Maintenance Organization), a large number of children (48%) have single episodes of acute perforated or non-perforated AOM in the first 6 months of life or more than 2 episodes in 12 months. Life [2;8]. In the pathogenesis of AOM, the leading
place is given to the destruction of the patency of the auditory tube, which leads to the creation of negative pressure in the tympanic cavity and fluid transudation.
Also, today, there is a tendency to increase in the number of patients infected with HIV infection in many countries of the world. Analysis of data from the scientific literature of this direction shows that in the first year of life 14% of children infected with HIV by the perinatal pathway and not treated prphylactic were diagnosed with AIDS, in the following years 11-12% were diagnosed with AIDS, and in half of children the last stage of AIDS was detected [3;7].
According to a number of authors, bacterial lesions of the mucous membranes and skin may indicate the first manifestations of immunodeficiency. It is not always possible to see the development of immunodeficiency with a banal infection of the ENT organs. The frequent occurrence of otitis media, sinusitis, frequent angina, being the features of the clinic, should alert the otorhinolaryngologist, as well as the lack of a pronounced effect from the treatment, in the case of chronization and frequent exacerbations. There is an elongated development cycle, boils and carbuncles occur more often, the treatment of which is ineffective [4;5]. Bacterial infections in HIV-infected individuals are due to the fact that they are in association and thus act in the body. The final effect can be gingivitis in HIV infection, HIV-necrotic lesions of the gums and/or mucous membranes of the cheeks, palate, tonsils, posterior pharyngeal wall, nasal cavity, up to the formation and "formation" of a general perforation of the nasal septum, HIV -chronic periodontitis and stomatitis. Exacerbations of chronic ENT pathologies are a common cause of the development of acute sinusitis, purulent otitis media with complications [3;8].
The results of three controlled trials on the prevalence of acute otitis media in HIV-infected children have been published. All of them show that the frequency of this disease in HIV-infected children is not increased, but among children with clinical manifestations of HIV infection, relapses of otitis media are much more common [1;4].
To date, there is insufficient data on the course of bacterial diseases of the ENT organs in HIV-infected children, in particular, on the frequency and nature of the otorhinolaryngological manifestation of HIV infection in children [9-12].
Purpose of the study. Conducting a detailed clinical analysis of the structure of patients with acute and chronic diseases of the middle ear and the influence of HIV infection in the dynamics of the development of the pathological process.
Materials and methods. The work was performed at the clinical base of the Bukhara State Medical Institute and the regional multidisciplinary clinical hospital. The data of examination and treatment of 75 patients from 18 to 60 years old with ENT pathology on the background of HIV infection for the period from 2020-2021 were analyzed. 30 non-HIV-infected patients of the same age and gender were also examined.
All patients underwent a comprehensive examination, including otorhinolaryngological, clinical and laboratory, bacteriological, and immunological studies.
Results of the study. The patients were divided into groups according to the following indicators: 1. Patients with acute otitis media 25 patients, including HIVnegative 7 patients, HIV-positive -18; 2. Patients with chronic otitis media -50, HIVnegative 16 and HIV-positive 34.
Table 1.1
Distribution of patients with HIV infection, taking into account
age and gender
Gender Age of patients Total
18-25 years 25-39 years 39-60 years
A6c % A6c % a6c % a6c %
Men 7 15,5 17 37,8 11 24,4 45 60
Women 6 20 14 46,7 10 33,3 30 40
It is noteworthy that in all the studied age groups, depending on the sexual characteristic, the lesion of the ENT organs is dominated by the number of men from the total number of patients, mainly at the age of 25-39 years Table 1.1. It is difficult to explain this pattern, apparently, the reason lies in the biological sexual characteristics of the organism that are still unclear to us [13-16].
A comparison of the frequency of otitis media in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected patients is shown in Table 1.2. As can be seen from the table, the most common nosology is chronic purulent mesotimpanitis, which was detected in HIV-infected children (33.8% vs. 56.5% in the control group). There is no significant difference between the groups (P>0.05).
Table 1.2
Frequency of occurrence of otitis media in HIV-infected and non - HIV-
infected patients
Nosology People are People are not Death indicator
infected with infected with Patients with Patients
HIV HIV HIV without
HIV
Acute otitis media (pre-perforative stage) 4 6,2 2 8,7 1 8,3 0 0
Acute otitis media (perforative stage) 14 21,5 5 21,7 0 0 0 0
Chronic purulent 22 33,8 13 56,5 0 0 0 0
mesotimpanitis
Chronic purulent 12 18,5 3 13,0 11 91,7 1 8,3
epithympanitis
General: 52 69,3 23 30,7 12 23,1 1 1,9
The frequency of acute otitis media of the perforated stage in the control group is more common. It can be seen that otitis prevailed in patients with HIV infection.
The study of anamnestic data showed that the annual recurrence of chronic otitis media in the group with HIV/AIDS reached from 3 to 8 times and averaged 5.1±0.2 times. In the group without HIV infection, this indicator was significantly lower, amounting to 2.1±0.3 times a year (P<0.001) (Fig.1.1).
Figure 1.1
Average number of exacerbations of middle ear disease per year in patients without HIV and against the background of HIV/AIDS
Patients with Patients without HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS
Against the background of a greater number of exacerbations of chronic otitis media for patients with HIV/AIDS is also characterized by a higher incidence of severe forms of the disease (Figure 1.2). Thus, out of 52 patients in 12 (23%) cases, the clinical course of middle ear diseases was severe, while in the control this indicator was only 1 (4.3%) patients (according to the criterion ^2=9,365; df=1; P=0.002).
Among HIV-infected patients, 12 had hearing disorders: 4 (33.3%) had conductive hearing loss, and 8 (66.7%) had sensorineural hearing loss.
Table 2.15
Audiometry of HIV-infected sick children (with ear pathology)
Threshold audiometry Patients with HIV Patients without HIV
Threshold audiometry conductive hearing loss 4 33,3 4 44,4
Threshold audiometry sensorineural hearing loss) 8 66,7 5 55,6
General: 12 57,1 9 42,9
Among the complications, meningitis, sepsis and the development of brain abscesses should be distinguished.
Figure 1.2.
Severe forms of middle ear disease in patients without HIV and on the background of HIV/AIDS.
23
Patients with HIV/AIDS Patients without HIV/AIDS e Severe forms of flow id Otogenic meningitis h Brain abscesses 0 Sepsis
In the group with HIV/The incidence of meningitis was observed in 7 (13.4%) patients, in the control group - in 1 (4.3%) patient; brain abscesses were noted in 4 (7.7%) patients with HIV/AIDS; sepsis developed in 1 (1.9%) (according to the criterion %2=9.742; df=3; P=0.027). It should be noted that in the complication "sepsis" only isolated forms are given, and the true values in the group of children with HIV/AIDS were significantly higher (included in the number of meningitis and abscesses).
In our group of patients, the mortality rate against the background of severe complications of otitis media on the background of HIV or AIDS was (9.6%), while in the control group this indicator was (4.3%) a patient who was admitted with severe otogenic meningitis. The cause of the fetal outcome was meningitis in 2 (3.8%) cases, brain abscesses - in 2 (3.8%) cases and sepsis - in 1 (1.9%) case (Fig. 1.3).
Figure 1.3.
Mortality rate in complications of otitis media in HIV-infected and non-
infected patients
15%
10%
5%
0%
□ General mortality □ Otogenic meningitis □ Brain abscesses □ Sepsis
It should be noted that the development of these otogenic complications against the background of acute and chronic diseases in patients with HIV/AIDS can be irreversible in almost a third of cases [15-18]. Thus, for 7 cases of meningitis, 2 (3.8%) patients died, for 4 cases of brain abscess - 2 (3.8%) and for 1 case of severe sepsis - 1 (1.9%) patient.
The duration of outpatient treatment for acute and chronic diseases of the middle ear on the background of HIV averaged 11.5±0.4 days, while without HIV-6.2±0.3 days (P<0.001). Duration of treatment in inpatient conditions for acute and chronic diseases of the middle ear on the background of HIV/AIDS reached 17.1±0.6 days versus 10.2±0.4 days in the group of patients without HIV (P<0.001) (Fig. 1.4).
Figure 1. 4.
The average duration of outpatient and inpatient treatment for diseases of the middle ear in patients without HIV and against the background of HIV/AIDS
20 15 10 5 0
Patients with HIV/AIDS
Patients without HIV/AIDS
Patients with Patients without HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS
ffl Stationary ffl Outpatient
Conclusion. 1. Frequent exacerbations of ENT-member diseases in patients infected with HIV are characteristic (5.1±0.2 times a year, in patients not infected with HIV 2.1±0.3 times P<0.001), in which 78.8% of patients due to the severity of Avoli were hospitalized (43.5% in patients not infected with HIV, P<0.001), 21.2% of patients treated in outpatient settings (56.5% in patients not you know what? 2. Severe and complication types of ENT-member diseases were found at a high frequency against the background of HIV infection and accounted for 23% (4.3% in the control group) (P<0,002). 13.4% of the complications developed against the background of HIV infection were meningitis, 7.7% brain abscess, 1.9% (P<0,027) severe sepsis, causing death in 9.6% of cases.
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