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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
CD4 counts decline despite nutritional recovery in HIV-infected zambian children with severe malnutrition
Pediatrics, Volume 123, No. 2, Year 2009
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OBJECTIVE. The objective of this study was to establish the contribution that severe malnutrition makes to CD4 lymphopenia in HIV-infected and uninfected children and to determine the changes in CD4 count during nutritional rehabilitation. METHODS. Fifty-six children with severe malnutrition and with and without HIV infection were recruited from a pediatric ward in Lusaka for measurement of CD4 counts on admission, on discharge, and at final nutritional recovery. RESULTS. HIV-uninfected children with severe malnutrition had normal CD4 counts. In contrast, CD4 counts in HIV-infected children with severe malnutrition were reduced, more so in those without edema compared with those with edema. Mean CD4 count of HIV-infected SM children fell despite nutritional recovery so that at the time of full nutritional recovery, >85% of HIV-infected children required antiretroviral therapy. CONCLUSIONS. Severe malnutrition did not reduce the CD4 counts of children without HIV. HIV-infected children with severe malnutrition may respond well to nutritional rehabilitation, despite low CD4 counts, but nearly all require early antiretroviral therapy to prevent disease progression. Copyright © 2009 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Authors & Co-Authors
Hughes, Stephen Miles
United Kingdom, London
Ucl Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Zambia, Lusaka
University Teaching Hospital Lusaka
Amadi, Beatrice C.
Zambia, Lusaka
University Teaching Hospital Lusaka
Mwiya, Mwiya
Zambia, Lusaka
University Teaching Hospital Lusaka
Nkamba, Hope C.
Zambia, Lusaka
University Teaching Hospital Lusaka
Mulundu, Gina
Zambia, Lusaka
University Teaching Hospital Lusaka
Tomkins, Andrew Marvin
United Kingdom, London
Ucl Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Goldblatt, David L.
United Kingdom, London
Ucl Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
Statistics
Citations: 47
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1542/peds.2008-1316
ISSN:
00314005
e-ISSN:
10984275
Research Areas
Disability
Food Security
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health