Open AccessFactors associated with hospital admission for COVID-19 in HIV patients
Author(s) -
Antonio Di Biagio,
Elena Ricci,
Leonardo Calza,
Nicola Squillace,
Barbara Menzaghi,
Stefano Rusconi,
Giancarlo Orofino,
Olivia Bargiacchi,
Chiara Molteni,
Laura Valsecchi,
Giovanni Cenderello,
S. Ferrara,
Annalisa Saracino,
Paolo Maggi,
Katia Falasca,
Lucia Taramasso,
Paolo Bonfanti
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0000000000002663
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , hospital admission , emergency medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , nadir , pediatrics , disease , immunology , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , satellite , engineering , aerospace engineering
: This study reports on hospital admission and outcomes of 69 HIV-infected individuals who were diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection between February and May 2020, in a network of Italian centres. Patients' characteristics and median days between symptoms and diagnosis were similar by hospital admission, whereas admitted patients had lower nadir CD4 cells and current lymphocytes count. These values were also correlated to worse COVID-19 outcome. Antiretroviral drugs did not seem to be associated with disease severity.