Open AccessCOVID-19 in a Patient Newly Diagnosed with AIDS: Asymptomatic Disease
Author(s) -
Manuel Serrano Martins,
Fabiana Pimentel,
Wildemar Costa,
Cláudia Barbosa Fernandes
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2284-2594
DOI - 10.12890/2021_002204
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , immunosuppression , pandemic , context (archaeology) , covid-19 , disease , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , immunology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , paleontology , biology
The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed new challenges to scientific community. It’s behaviour and outcomes in people living with HIV is not yet well studied. We report a case of a 34-year-old-male with a newly diagnosed HIV infection stage 4 and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. Although immunocompromised patients are classified as a high risk group for developing severe COVID-19, HIV related immunosuppression may have a protective role.