Clinical outcomes of HIV-HCV co-infection in a large cohort of hemophiliac patients
Clinical outcomes of HIV-HCV co-infection in a large cohort of hemophiliac patients
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jinf.2004.04.003
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发表时间:
2005-04-01
影响因子:
28.2
通讯作者:
Rockstroh, JK
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作者:
Lichterfeld, M;Schmeisser, N;Rockstroh, JK
Objective. To determine the disease progression of HIV-HCV co-infected hemophitiacs in a large cohort of patients(n = 288) cared for at a single medical institution. Patients and methods. Annual mortality rates for AIDS- and liver-related death were calculated and Kaplan-Meier survival plots were drawn to determine the progression to AIDS and death.Results. Between January 1985 and December 2002, 179 (62.2%) and 195 (67.7%) of these patients had developed AIDS or died, respectively. Overall, AIDS accounted for 128 deaths, which almost entirely (93.7%) occurred prior to the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) at the end of 1995. A total of 29 patients died of liver failure, most of them (69%) during the years 1991 -1996. Since 1997, only five cases of fatal liver failure were reported. Non-HIV-HCV related reasons were responsible for 38 deaths and occurred predominantly (47%) in the years 1997-2002. Starting November 1995, 72 patients were treated with HAART. However, by December 2002, only 52.5% and 83% of all HAART-treated patients had a stable viremia (< 400 copies/ml) and a sufficient CD4(+) T-cell count (> 200/ mu l), respectively.Conclusion. These data indicate that liver-related mortality peaked in the years 1991 1996, but subsequently tended to decline. Moreover, despite widespread treatment of patients with HAART, a significant proportion of individuals had an unsatisfactory immunological and virological status at the end of 2002. (c) 2004 The British Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.