Low CD4 Count or Being Out of Care Increases the Risk for Mpox Hospitalization Among People with HIV and Mpox.
David Ce PhilpottRobert A BonacciPaul J WeidleKathryn G CurranJohn T BrooksGeorge KhalilAmanda FeldpauschJessica PavlickPascale WortleyJesse G O'SheaPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)
HIV-associated immunosuppression may increase risk of hospitalization with mpox. Among persons diagnosed with mpox in the state of Georgia, we characterized the association between hospitalization with mpox and HIV status. People with HIV and CD4 < 350 cells/mm3 or who were not engaged in HIV care had increased risk of hospitalization.