Short Communication: Prolonged COVID-19 Infection in a Patient with Newly Diagnosed HIV/AIDS.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
; 38(5): 399-400, 2022 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1864938
ABSTRACT
A 38-year-old male patient presented to the emergency department with fever and dyspnea. Hospitalization was warranted and soon coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was diagnosed based on a positive SARS-CoV-2-PCR. Over the following weeks his condition gradually worsened, leading to admission at the intensive care unit. Because of unexplained weight loss before admission, a HIV screening was performed. HIV was confirmed and additional tests showed an undetectable CD4+ T cell count, alongside a number of co-infections. Convalescent plasma therapy, which has been shown to be effective in severe humoral immunodeficiency was tried, but was not effective. One week after the HIV diagnosis, antiretroviral therapy was started and finally, 3 months after the initial positive test and after partial recovery of cellular immunity, the COVID-19 virus was cleared. In the end, the patient made a full recovery. Our case demonstrates a prolonged COVID-19 infection in a patient with undiagnosed HIV with severely impaired cellular immunity.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
HIV Infections
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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Coinfection
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
Journal subject:
SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Aid.2021.0145
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