ABSTRACT
In a sub-Saharan African population of adults beginning care for HIV infection, we sought to describe some laboratory features and their correlation with disease progression. We retrospectively reviewed pretreatment laboratory records of recently diagnosed adults (Elisa test) beginning care at the Internal Medicine department of Yalgado Ouédraogo University Hospital between June 2009 and August 2010. The values have been classified according to WHO standards. During the study period, 177 patients were newly diagnosed as HIV-positive. Among them, 144 (81.4%) had CD4 counts below 350 cells/µL. The mean hemoglobin level was 10.3 ± 2.1 g/dL for women (n = 94) and 11.2 ± 2.8 g/dL for men (n = 67, p = 0.028), and 113 (71.1%) had anemia, 12 of them severe (7.5%). Anemia and lymphopenia were significantly correlated with a low CD4 count (p = 0.001 and 0.003 respectively). Six patients (3.4%) also had type 2 diabetes. Total cholesterol was normal in all patients, and 8 (10.4%) had hypertriglyceridemia. Hematopoietic, glycemic and lipid disorders seem relatively common in untreated black patients with HIV infection. A low CD4 count appears to predict hematopoietic cell deficits.
Subject(s)
HIV Infections/blood , Adult , Anemia/blood , Anemia/diagnosis , Burkina Faso , CD4 Lymphocyte Count , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/blood , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/diagnosis , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Female , Humans , Lipids/blood , Male , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is the prevalence of the rheumatologic complications in the sickle cell disease and the associations between haemoglobinopathies and rheumatologic affections. It is a retrospective study from 29 February 2006 to 28 March 2008 conducted in the Internal Department of the University Hospital Yalgado-Ouédraogo. All patients received in the period of study and having an electrophoresis of haemoglobin realized in alkaline pH were included. These patients came from hematologic consultation. Two hundred and seventy-seven patients out of 1451 were included: 142 patients (51.30%) had haemoglobinopathies, including 21 (7.60%) with composite sickle cell disease SC and 17 patients (6.13%) had aseptic necrosis of the femoral head including 7 with haemoglobin SC. The other rheumatologic affections did not have a semiological particularity related to the type of haemoglobin. The prevalence of patients who have haemoglobinopathies is important in rheumatologic practice. The sickle cell disease is strongly associated to osteonecrosis.
