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. 2020 Nov 1;34(13):1983-1985.
doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002663.

Factors associated with hospital admission for COVID-19 in HIV patients

Antonio Di Biagio  1 , Elena Ricci  2 , Leonardo Calza  3 , Nicola Squillace  4 , Barbara Menzaghi  5 , Stefano Rusconi  6 , Giancarlo Orofino  7 , Olivia Bargiacchi  8 , Chiara Molteni  9 , Laura Valsecchi  10 , Giovanni Cenderello  11 , Sergio Ferrara  12 , Annalisa Saracino  13 , Paolo Maggi  14 , Katia Falasca  15 , Lucia Taramasso  1 , Paolo Bonfanti  4 ; CISAI Study group
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Factors associated with hospital admission for COVID-19 in HIV patients

Antonio Di Biagio et al. AIDS. .

Abstract

: 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.

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