Agarwal, D. ; Chakravarty, J. ; Sundar, S. ; Gupta, V. ; Bhatia, B. D. (2008) Correlation between clinical features and degree of immunosuppression in HIV infected children Indian Pediatrics, 45 (2). pp. 140-143. ISSN 0019-6061
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Abstract
We conducted this study to find out correlation of CD4% with clinical status in 102 HIV infected antiretroviral naïve children. Mean age of presentation was 4.8 years. Perinatal transmission was the commonest mode of transmission (94%). Fever (53%), chronic diarrhea (36%), and cough (29%) were the commonest presenting symptoms. Protein energy malnutrition was seen in 56.7% of children. 33.3% children were asymptomatic, whereas 45.1% were in WHO clinical stages III and IV at the time of presentation. The most common opportunistic infection was tuberculosis. CD4% correlated significantly with the deterioration of the WHO clinical stages (P<0.01) and increasing grades of protein energy malnutrition (P<0.05).
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| Source: | Copyright of this article belongs to Indian Academy of Pediatrics. |
| Keywords: | CD4%; Children; HIV; Protein Energy Malnutrition; WHO Clinical Stage |
| ID Code: | 94535 |
| Deposited On: | 16 Nov 2012 12:36 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2012 12:36 |
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