AIDS caused by HIV1 and HIV2 infection: Are there clinical differences ?<Tau Beta > Results of AIDS surveillance 1986-97 at Fann Hospital in Dakar, Senegal
M. Ndour et al., AIDS caused by HIV1 and HIV2 infection: Are there clinical differences ?<Tau Beta > Results of AIDS surveillance 1986-97 at Fann Hospital in Dakar, Senegal, TR MED I H, 5(10), 2000, pp. 687-691
OBJECTIVE To compare the clinical manifestations observed in AIDS patients
infected with HIV2 and HIV1 infection.
METHODS The medical records of AIDS patients hospitalized between January 1
986 and July 1997 at the Department of Infectious Diseases of Fann Hospital
, Dakar, were reviewed.
RESULTS 599 hospitalizations (76%) were HIV1 seropositive patients, 137 (17
%) were HIV2 seropositive patients and 54 (7%) were patients serologically
dually reactive to HIV1 and HIV2. There was no significant difference in me
dium CD4 lymphocyte count between patients with HIV1 and HIV2 infection. Ch
ronic diarrhoea and diarrhoea caused by bacterial infections were more freq
uently observed in HIV2-infected individuals. Oral candidiasis and chronic
fever were more often noted in patients with HIV1 infection. Bacterial and
cryptococcal meningitis was only observed among patients with HIV1 infectio
n.
CONCLUSIONS Certain clinical differences were observed comparing AIDS patie
nts with HIV1 and those with HIV2 infection. As there is no clear physiopat
hological explanation for these differences, additional studies with larger
numbers of AIDS patients are needed to determine whether these differences
are real.