Correlation between clinical features and degree of immunosuppression in HIV infected children
Agarwal, D.; Chakravarty, J.; Sundar, S.; Gupta, V.; Bhatia, B.D.
Indian Pediatrics 45(2): 140-143
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-6061 PMID: 18310794 Document Number: 199493
We conducted this study to find out correlation of CD4% with clinical status in 102 HIV infected antiretroviral naive 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).