Open AccessNeutropenia and Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 infection: Analysis of 43 case
Author(s) -
Aliyu Babadoko,
Sirajo Mohammed Aminu,
Aminu Suleiman
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v17i1.37357
Subject(s) - neutropenia , asymptomatic , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , white blood cell , lymphocyte , opportunistic infection , absolute neutrophil count , viral disease , chemotherapy
Neutropenia has been reported in patients with early asymptomatic HIV infection as well as in those with more advance HIV-related immunodeficiency. As with other peripheral cytopenias in the setting of HIV infection, multiple aetiologies may be present either singly or in combination. The study aims to determine the prevalence of Neutropenia and the association with the level of deterioration of CD4+ T lymphocyte subset in antiretroviral naïve HIV-1 infected patients.