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Clinical relevance of cytomegalovirus viraemia(*,†)

El Amari, E. Boffi and Combescure, C. and Yerly, S. and Calmy, A. and Kaiser, L. and Hasse, B. and Furrer, H. and Cavassini, M. and Vernazza, P. and Hirsch, Hh and Bernasconi, E. and Hirschel, B. and Swiss HIV Cohort Study, . (2011) Clinical relevance of cytomegalovirus viraemia(*,†). HIV medicine, Vol. 12, H. 7. pp. 394-402.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Using new sensitive quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays, cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA is often detectable in the plasma of immunosuppressed patients. We investigated the prognostic value of a positive CMV DNA test for the development of CMV end-organ disease, other AIDS-defining events and mortality. METHODS: A survival analysis was performed, using the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazards models, for patients prospectively followed in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study, from January 1996 to December 2007, who were CMV-seropositive, had a CD4 count of >/= 100 cells/muL, and had a plasma sample available for the measurement of baseline CMV DNA with an ultrasensitive PCR. The outcome analysed was an AIDS-defining event, including CMV end-organ disease, or death. Variables analysed at the time of CMV measurement were demographic variables, CD4 cell counts, HIV-1 RNA loads, and use and type of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). RESULTS: Of 1128 patients, 208 (18%) presented an AIDS-defining event and 246 (22%) died. A total of 368 patients (34% of samples) had detectable CMV DNA at baseline, with DNA concentrations of up to 38 800 copies/mL. In the multivariate analysis, CMV DNA predicted evolution not only towards CMV end-organ disease [hazard ratio (HR) 12.6; 95% confidence interval (CI) 4.27-37.41], but also towards other AIDS-defining events (HR 2.6; 95% CI 1.60-4.33) and death (HR 1.9; 95% CI 1.10-3.34). CONCLUSION: Quantitative CMV DNA detected in the plasma of HIV-infected patients with CD4 counts >/= 100 cells/muL is a predictor for HIV disease progression, CMV disease and death. A single low value of 80 copies/mL identifies patients at low but significantly increased risk during the following months, after the measurement.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Infektiologie > Infektiologie (Battegay M)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Infektiologie > Infektiologie (Battegay M)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Division of Medical Microbiology > Transplantation Virology (Hirsch)
UniBasel Contributors:Hirsch, Hans H.
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Blackwell
ISSN:1464-2662
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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