Symptomatic HIV seroconverting illness is associated with more rapid neurological impairment |
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| Authors: | Wallace M R,Nelson J A,McCutchan J A,Wolfson T,Grant I HNRC Group |
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| Affiliation: | Naval Medical Center San Diego, CA, USA University of California at San Diego, CA, USA. mrwallace@nmscd.med.navy.mil |
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| Abstract: | OBJECTIVES: To establish whether symptomatic seroconverting illness in HIV infected people is associated with more rapid development of neurological impairment. METHODS: 166 HIV infected subjects with a known date of HIV infection enrolled in a longitudinal study of neurocognitive function were stratified by whether or not they had experienced a symptomatic serconverting illness. RESULTS: 29 of 166 (17.5%) dated HIV seroconverters had a history of symptomatic seroconverting illness. Though baseline neurocognitive function was similar, subjects with a symptomatic seroconverting illness developed clinical neurocognitive impairment significantly more rapidly than their asymptomatic counterparts in a survival analysis model (636 v 1075 days till impaired). CONCLUSION: Symptomatic seroconverting illness predisposes to more rapid neurocognitive impairment. |
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