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- Title
COVID-19 in patients with HIV-1 infection: a single-centre experience in northern Italy.
- Authors
Calza, Leonardo; Bon, Isabella; Tadolini, Marina; Borderi, Marco; Colangeli, Vincenzo; Badia, Lorenzo; Verucchi, Gabriella; Rossini, Giada; Vocale, Caterina; Gaibani, Paolo; Viale, Pierluigi; Attard, Luciano
- Abstract
Background: Since the end of February 2020, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak rapidly spread throughout Italy and other European countries, but limited information has been available about its characteristics in HIV-infected patients. Methods: We have described a case series of patients with HIV infection and COVID-19 diagnosed at the S.Orsola Hospital (Bologna, Italy) during March and April, 2020. Results: We reported a case series of 26 HIV-infected patients with COVID-19. Nineteen subjects were men, the median age was 54 years, 73% of patients had one or more comorbidities. Only 5 patients with interstitial pneumonia were hospitalized, but there were no admissions to intensive care unit and no deaths. Conclusions: In our experience, COVID-19 associated with HIV infection had a clinical presentation comparable to the general population and was frequently associated with chronic comorbidities.
- Subjects
ITALY; HIV infections; HIV-positive persons; INTENSIVE care units; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; INTERSTITIAL lung diseases; CD4 lymphocyte count; HOSPITAL care; COVID-19 pandemic; COMORBIDITY
- Publication
Infection, 2021, Vol 49, Issue 2, p333
- ISSN
0300-8126
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s15010-020-01492-7