COVID-19 in HIV: a Review of Published Case Reports.
Zoya MoraniSaumil PatelSudeshna GhoshFalah Abu HassanShriya DoreswamySandeep SinghVenkata Neelima KothapudiRupak DesaiPublished in: SN comprehensive clinical medicine (2020)
Patients with COVID-19 present with a myriad of comorbidities. An immunocompromised state like HIV in patients with COVID-19 can be life-threatening. We searched PubMed/Medline, Scopus, and Web of Science for case reports and case series about COVID-19 in HIV patients. We finally reviewed 20 case reports including cases of 43 patients with HIV and COVID-19. The mean age of 43 adult patients was 51.56 ± 27.56 years (range 24-76 years). Of these, 30 were male (69.77%), 11 were female (25.58%), and 2 were transgender (4.65%). A total of 25 patients (58.14%) were above 50 years of age. The most common cardiovascular comorbidities were hypertension and hyperlipidemia (48.8%), diabetes (20.93%), and morbid obesity (11.63%). Out of 43 HIV patients with COVID-19, 6 resulted in death (13.95%). All the patients who died were elderly above 50 years and required mechanical ventilation. HIV patients infected with COVID-19 had a high mortality rate. A high burden of pre-existing comorbidities and an advanced age in these patients make them prone to disease progression and worse outcomes.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- hiv testing
- hiv infected
- coronavirus disease
- human immunodeficiency virus
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- sars cov
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv aids
- men who have sex with men
- intensive care unit
- mechanical ventilation
- peritoneal dialysis
- metabolic syndrome
- case report
- cardiovascular disease
- systematic review
- public health
- weight loss
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- high fat diet
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- meta analyses