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Document 0516
DOCN M9650516
TI Infective complications after minor operations in patients infected with
HIV: role of CD4 lymphocytes in prognosis.
DT 9605
AU Emparan C; Iturburu IM; Portugal V; Apecechea A; Bilbao JE; Mendez JJ;
Department of Surgery, Universidad del Pais Vasco, General; Surgery B,
Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain.
SO Eur J Surg. 1995 Oct;161(10):721-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96136956
AB OBJECTIVE: To find out the incidence of wound infection in patients with
HIV and reduced counts of CD4 lymphocytes. DESIGN: Open study. SETTING:
University hospital, Spain. SUBJECTS: 70 patients with HIV infection and
enlarged lymph nodes. INTERVENTIONS: Biopsy of lymph nodes and
withdrawal of a sample of blood for counts of CD4 lymphocytes and
neutrophils. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Development of infection at the
biopsy site, and correlation of infecting organism with culture taken at
the time of biopsy. RESULTS: Patients were divided into three groups
depending on their CD4 count: more than 500 cells/ml (n = 26), 200-500
cells/ml (n = 24), and less than 200 cells/ml (n = 20). Their neutrophil
counts were 5.1, 3.8, and 2.5 x 10(9)/1, respectively. There were found
four wound infections (6%); 2 were in the group with more than 500 CD4
cells/ml, and these were caused by Staphylococcus aureus (which had been
grown from nodes in 6 patients at the time of biopsy). The other 2 were
in the group with less than 500 cells/ml and these were caused by
Mycobacterium tuberculosis; cultures of the nodes had shown
Staphylococcus epidermidis (n = 3) and M tuberculosis (n = 17). There
were no infections in the group with 200-500 CD4 cells/ml, in which S
epidermidis (n = 5) and M tuberculosis (n = 8) had been cultured from
the lymph nodes. CONCLUSIONS: The CD4 count was of no prognostic
importance in the development of wound infection, but severe depression
of the CD4 count may increase the risk of atypical wound infections.
DE Biopsy CD4 Lymphocyte Count CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*PHYSIOLOGY
Human HIV Infections/*IMMUNOLOGY Leukocyte Count Lymph
Nodes/MICROBIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY Neutrophils Prognosis Staphylococcal
Infections/IMMUNOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY Surgical Wound
Infection/*IMMUNOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY Tuberculosis/IMMUNOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY
JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
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