Hematological profile of HIV patients in relation to immune status - a hospital-based cohort from Varanasi, North India.

Abstract

There is a strong negative association between CD4 counts and the severity of anemia and neutropenia in this population. They can be considered as good clinical indicators to predict and access the underlying immune status. Though fall in the CD4 levels during neutropenia is observed, it is difficult to comment since the estimations of CD4 rely on the total leukocyte counts. However, the relation between anemia and disease progression is straight forward and quite useful for the treating physician.