Immunodeficiency and elevated CD4 T lymphocyte counts in two patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus and human lymphotropic virus type I

Lori Fantry; Eric De Jonge; Paul G. Auwaerter; Howard M. Lederman

doi:10.1093/clinids/21.6.1466

Immunodeficiency and elevated CD4 T lymphocyte counts in two patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus and human lymphotropic virus type I

Lori Fantry, Eric De Jonge, Paul G. Auwaerter, Howard M. Lederman

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Abstract

We describe two patients who were coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) type I. They had clinical evidence of immunodeficiency (anergy, oral candidiasis, and disseminated herpes zoster) despite having elevated CD4 T lymphocyte counts (range, 2, 450–5, 292/mm³).We conclude that CD4 lymphocyte counts may not be reliable markers of immunologic competence in patients coinfected with HIV and HTLV-I.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1466-1468
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	21
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/clinids/21.6.1466
State	Published - Dec 1995

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Infectious Diseases

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