Total Lymphocyte Count, Hemoglobin, and Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity as Predictors of Death and AIDS Illness in HIV-1???Infected Women Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

Abstract

Pre-HAART TLC, hemoglobin level, anergy to DTH testing, and clinical disease each independently predicted morbidity and death after HAART initiation. These findings support the use of TLC to guide decision-making for HAART initiation and suggest that further study of TLC, hemoglobin level, and DTH responses as an indication to provide HAART may be useful in resource-limited settings.