POSTER PRESENTATION Open Access Characteristics of Kaposi sarcoma in HIV-infected (original) (raw)

2016

Abstract

Objective: to describe clinical and laboratory characteris-tics; to assess predictors for death in HIV-infected patients with Kaposi sarcoma (KS). We performed a retrospective study of HIV-infected patients diagnosed with KS in one infectious diseases hos-pital in Romania, between January 2008-November 2013. KS diagnosis was established on physical examination, skin biopsy, and for visceral involvement upper gastroin-testinal endoscopy, bronchoscopy and computed tomogra-phy. KS was staged according to the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) [1] and the Mitsuyasu classification system [2]. We identified 27 HIV-infected patients with KS. The median age was 42 years (IQR 34-52) and 18 (67%) were male. The median CD4 count at HIV diagnosis was 195

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