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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infection
. 2020 Aug 3.
doi: 10.1007/s15010-020-01492-7. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 in patients with HIV-1 infection: a single-centre experience in northern Italy
Leonardo Calza[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Isabella Bon[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Marina Tadolini[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Marco Borderi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Vincenzo Colangeli[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Lorenzo Badia[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Gabriella Verucchi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Giada Rossini[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Caterina Vocale[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Paolo Gaibani[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Pierluigi Viale[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Luciano Attard[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
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.
Keywords: Comorbidity; Coronavirus; HIV; Pneumonia; Protease inhibitors.
. 2020 Aug 3.
doi: 10.1007/s15010-020-01492-7. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 in patients with HIV-1 infection: a single-centre experience in northern Italy
Leonardo Calza[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Isabella Bon[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Marina Tadolini[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Marco Borderi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Vincenzo Colangeli[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Lorenzo Badia[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Gabriella Verucchi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Giada Rossini[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Caterina Vocale[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Paolo Gaibani[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Pierluigi Viale[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Luciano Attard[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32748333
- DOI: 10.1007/s15010-020-01492-7
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.
Keywords: Comorbidity; Coronavirus; HIV; Pneumonia; Protease inhibitors.