Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Key Takeaways CD4 counts show how strong your immune system is; lower counts mean a ...

Treatment of HIV may be based on viral load (VL) or CD4 count. A new randomized controlled trial demonstrates that both approaches are equivalent when it comes to 3-year rates of clinical failure and ...

Recent research on cytomegalovirus retinitis conducted during the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy indicates that CD4 cell count may not be the most accurate predictor of CMV retinitis ...

A 45-year-old active substance user began getting medical care in your clinic in 1997. He had started taking antiretrovirals (nelfinavir + Combivir) at another facility. Initial labs showed an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with HIV who are obese may be at an increased risk for low CD4 cell counts, according to new research ...

Objective:To predict the effects of a new antiretroviral agent on the costs of care in a US HIV care setting. Methods: Recent data on costs of patient care by CD4 count from 2 US cohorts (the HIV ...

From 2002 to 2015, CD4 cell counts at the start of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) increased, and the proportion of individuals with severe immunodeficiency at the start of cART decreased ...

A single center letter describes lung transplantation in people living with HIV despite CD4 counts under 200 during evaluation, emphasizing prior viral suppression and clinical context when assessing ...

A 15-year study found that HIV-positive individuals had a 40 percent increased risk of ischemic stroke, however stroke rates were nearly the same for HIV-positive individuals with high CD4 cell counts ...

Background. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-ininfected Ethiopians have lower CD4 T cell counts than do other populations in Africa and industrialized countries. We studied whether this ...