Infants Receiving Very Early ART Have High CD4 Counts in the First Year of Life.

Bryan S NelsonCamlin TierneyDeborah PersaudJennifer JaoMark F CottonYvonne BrysonAnne ColettiTheodore D RuelStephen A SpectorChristina RedingKira BaconDiane CostelloCharlotte PerlowskiMaria Leticia Santos CruzJosphat KosgeiSai MajjiDwight E YinPatrick Jean-PhilippeEllen G Chadwicknull null

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)

We followed 54 infants with in utero HIV after initiating very early antiretroviral treatment. At Weeks 24 and 48, ≥80% had CD4 ≥ 1500 cells/mm3 and CD4% ≥25%. Routine Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia prophylaxis in the first year of life may not be necessary for all very early treated infants.

Keyphrases

hiv infected
antiretroviral therapy
human immunodeficiency virus
hiv positive
hiv aids
induced apoptosis
nk cells
cell cycle arrest
hiv testing
intensive care unit
men who have sex with men
hiv infected patients
cell death
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation