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Item The Chest Radiographs of Suspected and Confirmed HIV/AIDS Patients: Pattern of Radiological Features in Ilorin(College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, 2008) Oguntoyinbo, A.E.; Nzeh, D.A.; Salami, A.K.; Babatunde, A.S.Item Factors Influencing Adherence to Antiretroviral Medication in Ilorin, Nigeria.(Published by the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care., 2010) Salami, A.K.; FADEYI, A; Ogunmodede, James Ayodele; DESALU, O.OBackground: Good adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is required for viral suppression and prevention of drug resistance. Patients’ adherence to HAART has not been determined since the commencement of HAART at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin, Nigeria, over 5 years ago. Objectives: To determine the adherence level of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) to HAART and identify associated factors. Methodology: A semistructured questionnaire was administered to PLWHA, who were accessing treatment. Sociodemographic, lifestyle, HIV medical, and drug history were obtained from them. Adherence was self-reported. Good adherence was taking of 95% of the prescribed doses of HAART over the preceding 30 days before consultation. Results: Study participants were 253; majority, 58.5%, were females. About 70.8% of them had good adherence. Older age and male sex correlated better with adherence. Conclusion: People living with HIV/AIDS were quite adherent to HAART. Male sex and older age were positive predictors of adherence. Adherence among the young age and females needs strengthening.Item Otologic and Audiologic Evaluation among HIV Patients in Ilorin, Nigeria.(Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital Medicine. Published by University of Lagos. Medical Society, Lagos, Nigeria., 2013) Alabi, B.S.; Salami, A.K.; Afolabi, O.A.; Aremu, S.K.; Olawumi, H.O.; Odeigha, L.O.; Akande, H.J.BACKGROUND: HIV infection is the highest cause of death worldwide and presenting eventually with ENT regions. OBJECTIVE: This study is to determine the prevalence of hearing loss and hearing patterns among adults Nigerians with HIV and causal relationships between CD4+ counts with the degree of hearing impairments. METHODS: This prospective study was carried out among all consecutive HIV positive patients attending the clinic at the University of Ilorin teaching hospital (U.I.T.H.), Ilorin, Nigeria between January and July, 2008. They all had audiological assessments with a pure tone audiometer within the frequency range 250 to 8,000 Hz to determine their hearing thresholds together with their CD+ counts estimations. RESULTS: 89 were evaluated in the age range of 18 to 56 years (Mean 36.4 years, SD of 8.82) and the modal age group was 21-39 years (59.6%), 40-56 years (38.2%).There were 51 males (57.3%) and 38 females (42.7%) with a male/female ratio of 1.3:1.0. Otological symptoms included tinnitus (15.7%), vertigo (15.7%), otalgia (14.6%) and hard of hearing (10%). Examinations showed bilateral serous Otitis media (glue ear) in 58 patients (65.1%) with no affectation of the facial nerves. PTA showed mixed, conductive and SNHL in 32 patients (36%), 20 patients (22.5%), 9 patients (10.1%) respectively and only 15(16.9%) had normal hearing thresholds. The CD4+ counts ranged between 12 to 616. CD4 counts with hearing loss mostly < 300mm3. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of hearing loss is 87% among HIV infected patients, mostly mixed HLwith causal relationships between reduced CD4+ counts of less than 300/mm3 with severity of hearing loss. The hearing loss can interfere with the communication and specific knowledge vital to the development of best practices towards ensuring the inclusion of hearing impaired in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programmes.Item Structural echocardiographic abnormalities seen in HIV/AIDS patients are independent of CD4 count.(Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria., 2017) Ogunmodede, James Ayodele; Kolo, P.M.; Katibi, I.A.; Salami, A.K.; Omotoso, A.B.Introduction: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection remains one of the most daunting public health challenges today. Cardiac involvement in HIV/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is frequent and has been recognized on autopsy since the emergence of the pandemic. The objective of the study was to assess the pattern of structural echocardiographic (echo) findings in HIV/AIDS patients and compare this to the echo findings in apparently healthy HIV‑negative controls. Materials and Methods: One hundred and fifty HIV‑ positive patients were recruited consecutively from the HIV patients attending the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, North Central, Nigeria. One hundred and fifty age‑ and sex‑matched controls were also recruited from the surrounding community. All the individuals had clinical examination, electrocardiography (ECG) and echocardiography (echo) done. Results: ECG abnormalities were seen in 55.3% of the HIV‑positive patients compared with 2.7% of controls (P < 0.001). The overall prevalence of echo abnormalities among the patients was 54%, against 15.3% (P < 0.001) of the controls. All the structural dimensions of the cardiac chambers were significantly greater than the cardiac chamber dimensions in the controls except for left atrial dimension (LAD). When the patients were considered in two groups of those with CD4 count less than 200 cells/mm 3 than those with CD4 count more than 200 cells/mm 3 , the structural chamber dimensions were similar between both groups. Conclusions: Echo is an important tool for detecting cardiac abnormalities in HIV/AIDS patients. There is a high prevalence of echo abnormalities among HIV patients seen in our centre. The HIV infection was associated with increased structural dimensions of cardiac chambers compared with HIV‑negative controls. This however did not seem to be related to disease severity as the chamber dimensions were similar between those with CD4 count below and above 200 cells/mm 3 .Item Toxoplasmosis in HIV-Seropositive Patients in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria(College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin., 2009) Babatunde, S.K.; Fabiyi, J.P.; Agbede, O.O.; Babatunde, A.S.; Salami, A.K.