HIV INFECTION AMONG ETHNOBOTANICALS IV DRUG USERS FOLLOWED IN „DR. VICTOR BABES” CLINICAL HOSPITAL FOR INFECTIONS AND TROPICAL DISEASES

HIV/HCV co-infection is permanently increasing in our country especially among intravenous drug users (IDUs) from low socio-economical risk categories. HIV/HCV co-infection among IDUs is associated with a complex pathology, including psychiatric disorders due to severe addiction syndrome, bacterial infection at the injection site and systemic bacterial infections of various degrees of severity. Due to HIV related immunosuppression, pulmonary or extra-pulmonary tuberculosis is frequently diagnosed, with major risk for dissemination Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the general population, including MDR or XDR TB strains.