sero-prevelance of cytomegalovirus and toxoplasma infections among newly diagnosed hiv patients in iran; assessing the correlation with cd4+ cell counts

Authors

alireza abdollahi

saeed shoar

sara sheikhbahaei

siroos jafari

abstract

background and objective: opportunistic infections are the leading cause of death among patients subjected to the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids). the aim of this study was to compare the seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus (cmv)  and toxoplasmosis infection in newly diagnosed hiv infected patients with healthy controls and it’s correlation with cd4+ cell counts (cd4+). materials and methods: a case controlled study was carried out to investigate cmv and toxoplasmosis serology among newly diagnosed hiv infected patients referred to university affiliated hospital in tehran and compared them to healthy subjects as control. a total of 100 hiv positive patients and 100 healthy controls were recruited. clinical characteristics and cd4+ cell counts were evaluated. the statistical package spss 17 for windows was used for analysis. results: patients with hiv infection had a significantly higher positive serology for cmv than healthy controls (100% vs. 93% p

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Journal title:
iranian journal of pathology

Publisher: iranian society of pathology

ISSN 1735-5303

volume 8

issue 2 2013

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