Study Identifies Factors Associated With Immunologic Nonresponse Following ART Initiation Among Patients With HIV Infection

Infectious Disease Advisor (4/1) reports a study found that “among patients with HIV infection, factors associated with immunologic nonresponse following antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation include male sex, older age, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection, low CD4+ T-cell count, and low CD4/CD8 ratio.” The findings were published in BMC Infectious Diseases.