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- Title
Increasing mortality due to end-stage liver disease in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
- Authors
Bica, I; McGovern, B; Dhar, R; Stone, D; McGowan, K; Scheib, R; Snydman, D R
- Abstract
Highly active antiretroviral therapy has decreased human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated mortality; other comorbidities, such as chronic liver disease, are assuming greater importance. We retrospectively examined the causes of death of HIV-seropositive patients at our institution in 1991, 1996, and 1998-1999. In 1998-1999, 11 (50%) of 22 deaths were due to end-stage liver disease, compared with 3 (11.5%) of 26 in 1991 and 5 (13.9%) of 36 in 1996 (P=.003). In 1998-1999, 55% of patients had nondetectable plasma HIV RNA levels and/or CD4 cell counts of >200 cells/mm(3) within the year before death. Most of the patients that were tested had detectable antibodies to hepatitis C virus (75% of patients who died in 1991, 57.7% who died in 1996, and 93.8% who died in 1998-1999; P=NS). In 1998-1999, 7 patients (31.8%) discontinued antiretroviral therapy because of hepatotoxicity, compared with 0 in 1991 and 2 (5.6%) in 1996. End-stage liver disease is now the leading cause of death in our hospitalized HIV-seropositive population.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2001, Vol 32, Issue 3, p492
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/318501