Leukocytosis with HIV infection in a Saudi Arabian patient with sickle cell anemia

ABSTRACT

Transfusion associated Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome [AIDS] has recently been reported from Saudi Arabia. AIDS has been reported in a few sickle cell patients, most of whom have been heavily transfused. Patients with AIDS and AIDS related complex are usually neutropenic. This report describes a Saudi patient with sickle cell anaemia and transfusion acquired HIV disease who demonstrated a marked leukemoid reaction