Clinical features and prognostic factors of COVID-19 in people living with HIV hospitalized with suspected or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection
15 July 2021
| COVID-19: Clinical care
Overview
This report describes the demographics, clinical presentation, clinical outcomes, and risk factors among people living with HIV (PLHIV) who have been hospitalized for suspected or confirmed COVID-19.
The specific objectives of the analysis were to:
- describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of PLHIV hospitalized for COVID-19
- assess whether PLHIV hospitalized with COVID-19 were at increased risk of presenting with severe or critical illness at admission and were at increased risk of in-hospital death compared to individuals not infected with HIV
- assess risk factors associated with severe or critical illness at hospital admission and of in-hospital death among PLHIV hospitalized for COVID-19.
WHO Team
Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes (HHS),
WHO Headquarters (HQ)
Editors
WHO
Number of pages
20
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: WHO/2019-nCoV/Clinical/HIV/2021.1