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ArticleThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale2019

Suboptimal Immune Reconstitution among HIV-Infected Saudi Patients following Successful Antiretroviral Treatment.

Fahad Al-Majid, Zahid Shakoor, Mazin Barry

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Article in The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Fahad Al-MajidInfectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-2719-5103
Zahid ShakoorImmunology Department, Department of Pathology, King Saud University, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mazin BarryInfectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, King Saud University, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-2274-007X
King Saud University · SA

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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesVariations in immune reconstitution following antiretroviral treatment (ART) among HIV patients have previously been observed. This study aims at assessing immune reconstitution after successful ART among HIV-infected Saudi patients.

methodsThis retrospective study of 240 HIV-infected patients was performed between May 2010 and June 2015 in the HIV center at King Saud Hospital, Riyadh. Data were extracted for CD4, CD8 cell, and CD3/HLA-DR counts along with the viral load from patient records before and after four years of successful ART. The inclusion criterion was patients with CD4 reconstitution of either equal to or more than 400 cells/mm

findingsThe pretreatment CD8+ counts of median 865 cells/mm

conclusionImmune reconstitution after successful ART among HIV-infected Saudi patients was associated with a CD8 T-cell population expansion with a suboptimal CD4/CD8 ratio and persistent immune activation. Early initiation of ART appears to favorably influence the CD4/CD8 ratio.

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