Table 3.

Pretreatment HIV-related characteristics of patients with Hodgkin disease and HIV infection

Patient characteristicsNo.%
Risk factor   
 Intravenous drug use 29 48  
 Homosexual relations 17 29 
 Heterosexual relations 13 23  
AIDS diagnoses before HD diagnosis 12 20  
Pneumocystis cariniipneumonia 5 42 
Esophageal candidiasis 4 33 
Disseminated tuberculosis 2 17 
Cerebral toxoplasmosis 1 8 
HIV viral load   
 Undetectable 25 42 
 Detectable 34 58 
Patient characteristicsNo.%
Risk factor   
 Intravenous drug use 29 48  
 Homosexual relations 17 29 
 Heterosexual relations 13 23  
AIDS diagnoses before HD diagnosis 12 20  
Pneumocystis cariniipneumonia 5 42 
Esophageal candidiasis 4 33 
Disseminated tuberculosis 2 17 
Cerebral toxoplasmosis 1 8 
HIV viral load   
 Undetectable 25 42 
 Detectable 34 58 

The median CD4 cell count per deciliter was 238 (range, 32-1 008 cell count/dL); the median HIV viral load (copies per deciliter) was 3400 (range, 60-455 000 copies/dL).

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