[Description and survival analysis of 401 cases of AIDS in Madrid]

A descriptive trial and an analysis of global survival, in relation to the different risk's groups and the type of clinical onset, was carried out in 401 patient diagnosed of AIDS in our hospital form 1984 to 1990. The males with addiction to parenteral drugs account for the most numerous group. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis was the most frequent presentation. During the period mentioned before, the survival distribution using the Kaplan-Meyer method was 52% for 12 months (SE = 0.0347). The survival rate was significantly higher (p less than 0.01) in those patients who presented an extrapulmonary tuberculosis as an onset of his disease.