SARS-CoV-2 and HIV coinfection: clinical experience from Rhode Island, United States.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected >6 million people worldwide since December 2019. Global reports of HIV/SARS-CoV-2 coinfection are limited. To better understand the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on persons with HIV and improve their care, we present an outpatient and inpatient clinical experience of HIV/SARS-CoV-2 coinfection from Rhode Island, US.

Methods

We describe outpatient and inpatient preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic, and present a case series of all known patients with HIV/SARS-CoV-2 coinfection at The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital, and The Miriam Hospital Infectious Diseases and Immunology Center, in Providence, Rhode Island, US.

Results and discussion

The In

SUBMITTER: Byrd KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7357287 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature