Chronic Lung Disease in Patients With Perinatally Acquired HIV in England: A Retrospective Case-Note Review

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Dec;39(12):1103-1105. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002874.

Abstract

Chronic lung disease (CLD) is common in individuals living with perinatally acquired HIV (PA-HIV) in southern/eastern Africa. Most of the UK PA-HIV population are African. We conducted a case-note review of CLD in 3 UK PA-HIV cohorts (n = 98). Bronchiectasis or obliterative bronchiolitis occurred in 8.1% of patients and ring/tramline opacities occurred in 19.2% of patients on chest radiograph. There may be unrecognized and underdiagnosed CLD among PA-HIV in the UK.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Anti-Retroviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Chronic Disease
  • England
  • Female
  • HIV Infections* / complications
  • HIV Infections* / drug therapy
  • HIV Infections* / transmission
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Diseases* / complications
  • Lung Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung Diseases* / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Retroviral Agents