Consequences of presentation with advanced HIV disease in pregnancy: Data from a national study in Italy

Marco Floridia, Enrica Tamburrini, Giulia Masuelli, Giovanni Guaraldi, Atim Molinari, Irene Cetin, Serena Dalzero, Arsenio Spinillo, Giuseppina Liuzzi, Carmela Pinnetti, Ilaria Vicini, Paula Castelli, Valentina Sacchi, Marina Ravizza, M. Floridia, M. Ravizza, E. Tamburrini, M. Ravizza, E. Tamburrini, F. MoriP. Ortolani, E. R. Dalle Nogare, F. Di Lorenzo, G. Sterrantino, M. Meli, S. Polemi, J. Nocentini, M. Baldini, G. Montorzi, M. Mazzetti, P. Rogasi, B. Borchi, F. Vichi, B. Del Pin, E. Pinter, E. Anzalone, R. Marocco, C. Mastroianni, V. S. Mercurio, A. Carocci, E. Grilli, A. Maccabruni, M. Zaramella, B. Mariani, G. Natalini Raponi, G. Guaraldi, G. Nardini, C. Stentarelli, B. Beghetto, A. M. Degli Antoni, A. Molinari, M. P. Crisalli, A. Donisi, M. Piepoli, V. Cerri, G. Zuccotti, V. Giacomet, V. Fabiano, S. Coletto, F. Di Nello, G. Placido, A. Vivarelli, P. Castelli, F. Savalli, V. Portelli, F. Sabbatini, D. Francisci, L. Bernini, P. Grossi, L. Rizzi, S. Alberico, G. Maso, M. Airoud, G. Soppelsa, A. Meloni, M. Dedoni, C. Cuboni, F. Ortu, P. Piano, A. Citernesi, I. Bordoni Vicini, K. Luzi, A. Spinillo, M. Roccio, A. Vimercati, A. Miccolis, A. De Gennaro, B. Guerra, F. Cervi, C. Puccetti, E. Margarito, M. Contoli, M. G. Capretti, C. Marsico, G. Faldella, M. Sansone, P. Martinelli, A. Agangi, G. M. Maruotti, C. Tibaldi, L. Trentini, T. Todros, G. Masuelli, V. Frisina, I. Cetin, T. Brambilla, V. Savasi, C. Personeni, C. Giaquinto, M. Fiscon, R. Rinaldi, E. Rubino, A. Bucceri, R. Matrone, G. Scaravelli, C. Fundarò, O. Genovese, C. Cafforio, C. Pinnetti, G. Liuzzi, V. Tozzi, P. Massetti, A. M. Casadei, A. F. Cavaliere, V. Finelli, M. Cellini, G. Castelli Gattinara, A. M. Marconi, S. Dalzero, V. Sacchi, A. De Pirro, C. Polizzi, A. Mattei, M. F. Pirillo, R. Amici, C. M. Galluzzo, S. Donnini, S. Baroncelli, M. Floridia, A. Cerioli, M. De Martino, P. Mastroiacovo, M. Moroni, F. Parazzini, E. Tamburrini, S. Vella, P. Martinelli, M. Ravizza

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Abstract

Among 469 women with a diagnosis of HIV in pregnancy, 74 (15.8%) presented with less than 200 CD4 cells per cubic millimeter. The only variable significantly associated with this occurrence was African origin (odds ratio: 2.22, 95% confidence intervals: 1.32 to 3.75, P = 0.003). Four women with low CD4 (5.6%), compared with none with higher CD4 counts, had severe AIDS-defining conditions (P <0.001) during pregnancy or soon after delivery, and one transmitted HIV to the newborn. Early preterm delivery (

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)452-455
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Volume70
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - Dec 1 2015

Keywords

  • Advanced HIV disease
  • African provenance
  • HIV
  • HIV vertical transmission
  • Pregnancy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Pharmacology (medical)
  • Medicine(all)

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