TY  - JOUR
TI  - HIV and SARS-Cov-2 Co-Infection: A Local
Perspective
AB  - Objective: As the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic spread globally, more
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients began to appear infected with
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We aimed to evaluate the
clinical course of HIV and SARS-CoV-2 co-infected patients from a local perspective.
Methods: HIV and SARS-CoV-2 co-infected patients diagnosed between March 2020 to June
2021 at a tertiary hospital in Turkey were analyzed retrospectively.
Results: Thirty HIV and SARS-CoV-2 co-infected patients were included. Five patients
were female, 25 were male, and the mean age was 44.5 ±10.2 years. Twenty-three (76.7%)
patients were known to be HIV-positive before their admission to the hospital, and seven
(23.7%) patients, were detected by screening after the diagnosis of COVID-19. All patients
were known to be HIV-positive; they were on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and virologically
suppressed. Twenty-seven patients had a mild course. Three patients were hospitalized, and
of them, two patients had died. All hospitalized patients were male and were ART-naïve.
Conclusion: HIV infection alone did not increase the severity of the course of COVID-19 and
did not increase the mortality in COVID-19.
AU  - Deveci, Aydın
AU  - Bilek, Heval Can
DO  - 10.36519/idcm.2022.131
PY  - 2022
JO  - Infectious diseases and clinical microbiology (Online)
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
SN  - 2667-646X
SP  - 122
EP  - 128
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/534547
ER  -