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Diagnostic utility of bone marrow sampling in HIV-infected patients since the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy

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posted on 2023-06-09, 02:53 authored by Martin LlewelynMartin Llewelyn, M Noursedeghi, A Dogan, S G Edwards, R F Miller
We investigated the diagnostic value of bone marrow (BM) sampling in investigation of HIV-infected patients presenting to a major London HIV treatment centre between 1999 and 2004. One hundred and fourteen consecutive patients underwent 130 BM samplings. The majority of BM aspirates were normal or showed non-diagnostic changes; microscopy revealed lymphoma in one and mycobacterial infection in two. Subsequent culture identified mycobacterial infection in nine samples. BM trephine had a diagnostic yield of 26% in patients with fever and cytopaenia (including mycobacteriosis in 14%, lymphoma in 6%, Castleman disease in 3% and "drug effect" in 3%), a yield of 20% in patients with fever, but no cytopaenia (mycobacteriosis in each case), and a yield of 19% in patients with cytopaenia in the absence of fever (lymphoma in 5% and "drug effect" in 14%). In investigation/staging of lymphoma, the diagnostic yield was 36%. The overall yield from BM sampling was 30% in patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and 23% in those not receiving HAART. In this study, BM sampling was of most diagnostic value in HIV-infected patients where fever and cytopaenia coexisted in the absence of localizing signs of infection, and in the staging/investigation of lymphoma. BM sampling had less diagnostic value in the investigation of fever without cytopaenia or cytopaenia without fever.

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  • Published

Journal

International Journal of STD and AIDS

ISSN

0956-4624

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Issue

10

Volume

16

Page range

686-90

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  • Global Health and Infection Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2016-09-14

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