[HIV/AIDS and pathology in blood count]. / HIV/AIDS a patologie v krevním obrazu.
Cas Lek Cesk
; 146(1): 68-73, 2007.
Article
em Cs
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17310588
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
HIV/AIDS pandemy has hit the entire world. With the use of retroviral therapy the disease became chronic. The life prolongation often leads to complications in various organs. The aim of our work was to determine the frequency of blood count pathology at the time when the HIV infection was diagnosed, that means before any antiretroviral treatment was administered, and its relation to the disease stage. METHOD ANDRESULTS:
Out of 70 patients registered in AIDS centre in Brno University Hospital by 1st March 2006, we have complete blood count results including absolute number of CD4+ lymphocytes. Out of these 70 we evaluated a group of 64 HIV-positive individuals (17 women, 47 men), who were examined at the time the disease was diagnosed. Average and medians of all blood count parameters were within the reference range, only CD4+ lymphocytes in 1 mm(3) were out of range. Pathology in red blood cells count was found 26 times (41.9 % of examined patients), in white cell count 22 times (35.5 %). Thrombocyte number was affected 3 times, and only in one of these cases it was a separate finding.CONCLUSIONS:
Blood count pathology is relative frequent in the HIV infected. Therefore HIV infection should be considered as one of the possible causes of unexplained blood count pathology.
Buscar no Google
Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Contagem de Células Sanguíneas
/
Infecções por HIV
/
Síndrome da Imunodeficiência Adquirida
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
/
Middle aged
Idioma:
Cs
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article