Adenovirus infections in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients: clinical features and molecular epidemiology

J Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;172(3):629-37. doi: 10.1093/infdis/172.3.629.

Abstract

Prospective surveillance of 63 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients and 9 HIV-negative partners over 5-27 months yielded 51 adenoviruses from 18 HIV-positive patients. These were serotyped and compared by restriction enzyme analysis (REA) together with 24 isolates from 19 other HIV-positive patients. The actuarial risk of infection at 1 year in HIV-positive patients was 28% (17% with entry CD4 cell count of > 200/mm3 and 38% with CD4 cell count of < or = 200/mm3, P = .03). The most frequent site of infection was gastrointestinal (17/18 patients) with mainly subgenus D adenoviruses, while urinary infection was caused by subgenus B or D. Prolonged fecal excretion (2-27 months) was associated with CD4 cell counts < 150/mm3. Identical strains were seen in 2 HIV-positive partners and 2 unrelated patients. Gastrointestinal infection was temporally associated with diarrhea in only 7 (41%) of 17 cases. The remainder (59%) were asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic, and diarrhea was often caused by other opportunistic pathogens.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • AIDS-Related Complex / physiopathology
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / epidemiology*
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / physiopathology*
  • Actuarial Analysis
  • Adenovirus Infections, Human / epidemiology*
  • Adenoviruses, Human / classification
  • Adenoviruses, Human / genetics
  • Adenoviruses, Human / isolation & purification*
  • Adult
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Female
  • HIV Seronegativity
  • HIV Seropositivity / complications*
  • Humans
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Male
  • Prohibitins
  • Restriction Mapping
  • Risk Factors
  • Serotyping