Long-term response to highly active antiretroviral therapy in human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus coinfected children: 6 years of follow-up

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007 Nov;26(11):1061-4. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31812e531c.

Abstract

We carried out a retrospective study to analyze the long-term response to highly active antiretroviral therapy of 19 vertically human immunodeficiency virus type 1/hepatitis C virus (HCV-1/HIV) coinfected children. The clinical, immunologic, viral, and biochemical variables were assayed at 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 years of follow-up. Our data suggest that CD4 T-cell recovery and viral load control during long-term highly active antiretroviral therapy among HIV-1/HCV children were similar to those described in HIV-1 monoinfected children, but hepatic function was significantly altered in HIV-1/HCV children.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active*
  • CD4 Lymphocyte Count
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • HIV Infections / complications
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy*
  • HIV Infections / transmission
  • HIV Infections / virology
  • HIV-1 / drug effects
  • Hepatitis C / complications*
  • Hepatitis C / drug therapy
  • Hepatitis C / virology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
  • Liver Function Tests
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Viral Load