A Clinicopathological Study of Peripheral Lymph Nodes in HIV-Infected Patients with Special Reference to CD4+T-Cell Counts: Experience from a Tertiary Care Institution in Darjeeling (India)

摘要

Background: HIV/AIDS is a major health burden worldwide. India bears the third highest HIV-patients load globally. In the Darjeeling district, HIV-prevalence is >1% with very little known about the profile of HIV-lymphadenopathy. The aim of this study was to identify the different causes of peripheral lymphadenopathy among HIV-infected patients in this region, correlate them with CD4+ T-cell counts and formulate some common clinico-haematological parameters as potential predictors of CD4+ T-cell count.