Clinical features and outcomes of COVID-19 admissions in a population with a high prevalence of HIV and tuberculosis: a multicentre cohort study

Background There is still a paucity of evidence on the outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PWH) and those co-infected with tuberculosis (TB), particularly in areas where these conditions are common. We describe the clinical features, laboratory findings and outcome of hospitalised PWH and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-uninfected COVID-19 patients as well as those co-infected with tuberculosis (TB). Methods We conducted a multicentre cohort study across three hospitals in Cape Town, South Africa. All adults requiring hospitalisation with confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia from March to July 2020 were analysed. Results PWH comprised 270 (19%) of 1434 admissions. There were 47 patients with active tuberculosis (3.3%), of whom 29 (62%) were PWH. Three-hundred and seventy-three patients (26%) died. The mortality in PWH (n = 71, 26%) and HIV-uninfected patients (n = 296, 25%) was comparable. In patients with TB, PWH had a higher mortality than HIV-uninfected patients (n = 11, 38% vs n = 3, 20%; p = 0.001). In multivariable survival analysis a higher risk of death was associated with older age (Adjusted Hazard Ratio (AHR) 1.03 95%CI 1.02–1.03, p < 0.001), male sex (AHR1.38 (95%CI 1.12–1.72, p = 0.003) and being “overweight or obese” (AHR 1.30 95%CI 1.03–1.61 p = 0.024). HIV (AHR 1.28 95%CI 0.95–1.72, p 0.11) and active TB (AHR 1.50 95%CI 0.84–2.67, p = 0.17) were not independently associated with increased risk of COVID-19 death. Risk factors for inpatient mortality in PWH included CD4 cell count < 200 cells/$ mm^{3} $, higher admission oxygen requirements, absolute white cell counts, neutrophil/lymphocyte ratios, C-reactive protein, and creatinine levels. Conclusion In a population with high prevalence of HIV and TB, being overweight/obese was associated with increased risk of mortality in COVID-19 hospital admissions, emphasising the need for public health interventions in this patient population..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

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BMC infectious diseases - 22(2022), 1 vom: 20. Juni

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Englisch

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Parker, Arifa [VerfasserIn]
Boloko, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Moolla, Muhammad S. [VerfasserIn]
Ebrahim, Nabilah [VerfasserIn]
Ayele, Birhanu T. [VerfasserIn]
Broadhurst, Alistair G. B. [VerfasserIn]
Mashigo, Boitumelo [VerfasserIn]
Titus, Gideon [VerfasserIn]
de Wet, Timothy [VerfasserIn]
Boliter, Nicholas [VerfasserIn]
Rosslee, Michael-Jon [VerfasserIn]
Papavarnavas, Nectarios [VerfasserIn]
Abrahams, Riezaah [VerfasserIn]
Mendelson, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Dlamini, Sipho [VerfasserIn]
Taljaard, Jantjie J. [VerfasserIn]
Prozesky, Hans W. [VerfasserIn]
Mowlana, Abdurasiet [VerfasserIn]
Viljoen, Abraham J. [VerfasserIn]
Schrueder, Neshaad [VerfasserIn]
Allwood, Brian W. [VerfasserIn]
Lalla, Usha [VerfasserIn]
Dave, Joel A. [VerfasserIn]
Calligaro, Greg [VerfasserIn]
Levin, Dion [VerfasserIn]
Maughan, Deborah [VerfasserIn]
Ntusi, Ntobeko A. B. [VerfasserIn]
Nyasulu, Peter S. [VerfasserIn]
Meintjes, Graeme [VerfasserIn]
Koegelenberg, Coenraad F. N. [VerfasserIn]
Mnguni, Ayanda T. [VerfasserIn]
Wasserman, Sean [VerfasserIn]

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COVID-19
HIV
Obesity
Tuberculosis

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10.1186/s12879-022-07519-8

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OLC2130994652