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Respiratory virus-associated infections in HIV-infected adults admitted to the intensive care unit for acute respiratory failure: a 6-year bicenter retrospective study (HIV-VIR study).

Alexandre ElabbadiJérémie PichonBenoit VisseauxAurélie SchnurigerLila BouadmaQuentin PhilippotJuliette PatrierVincent LabbéStéphane RucklyMuriel FartoukhJean-François TimsitGuillaume Voiriot
Published in: Annals of intensive care (2020)
Viruses are frequently identified in the respiratory tract of HIV-infected patients with acute respiratory failure that requires ICU admission, but with a non-viral copathogen in two-thirds of cases. Rhinovirus is the predominant viral specie; its prevalence is highest in patients with a CD4 lymphocyte count below 200 cells/µL.
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