Cerebrospinal Fluid Viral Load Across the Spectrum of Untreated Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Infection: A Cross-Sectional Multicenter Study

Autor: Amy Lin, Paola Cinque, Carmela Pinnetti, Valeria De Zan, Alan Winston, Andrea Calcagno, Gustaf Ulfhammer, Bruce J Brew, Arvid Edén, Staffan Nilsson, Cristiana Oprea, Mattia Trunfio, Lars Hagberg, Andrea Antinori, Richard W. Price, Magnus Gisslén, Serena Spudich
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 75:493-502
ISSN: 1537-6591
1058-4838
Popis: Background The aim of this large multicenter study was to determine variations in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) HIV-RNA in different phases of untreated human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection and its associations with plasma HIV-RNA and other biomarkers. Methods Treatment naive adults with available CSF HIV-RNA quantification were included and divided into groups representing significant disease phases. Plasma HIV-RNA, CSF white blood cell count (WBC), neopterin, and albumin ratio were included when available. Results In total, 1018 patients were included. CSF HIV-RNA was in median (interquartile range [IQR]) 1.03 log10 (0.37–1.86) copies/mL lower than in plasma, and correlated with plasma HIV-RNA (r = 0.44, P plasma discordance was found in 126 of 972 individuals (13%) and varied between groups, from 1% in primary HIV, 11% in neuroasymptomatic groups, up to 30% of patients with HAD. Conclusions Our study confirms previous smaller observations of variations in CSF HIV-RNA in different stages of HIV disease. Overall, CSF HIV-RNA was approximately 1 log10 copies/mL lower in CSF than in plasma, but CSF discordance was found in a substantial minority of subjects, most commonly in patients with HAD, indicating increasing CNS compartmentalization paralleling disease progression.
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