HIV/AIDS

Reports summarize HIV/AIDS research from B. Ndiaye and co-authors

Published in AIDS Weekly, October 12th, 2009

"The objective of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of and outcomes in HIV-infected patients who returned to care after loss to follow-up (LTFU) in Northern France, between 1997 and 2006. Among the 1007 patients who were followed, 135 patients (13.4%) were LTFU during the study period," researchers in Lille, France report.

"Of these 135, 74 (54.8%) returned to care after LTFU. The median duration of LTFU was 19 months. Upon returning to care, 33 out of 74 patients (44.6%) had CD4 cell counts less than 200/mm(3) and/or AIDS," wrote B. Ndiaye and colleagues.

The researchers concluded: "Who returned to care after LTFU were five times more...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-10-12)

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