Some Haematological Abnormalities Observed In Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection At Kenyatta National Hospital
Abstract
Peripheral blood and bone marrow changes in 50 HIV positive
patients, 16 females and 34 males, were studied.
The study revealed that pancytopenia was present in 6% of cases;
88% of the cases had decreased haemoglobin levels and 30% had
abnormalities in the white cells, notably lymphopenia (18%);
thrombocytopenia was present in 18% of the cases. 86% of the
bone marrows showed abnormality. Prominent was myelodysplasia in
all cell Iines in 58% of the cases. One case had bone marrow
infiltration by Histoplasmosis.
When compared with similar studies done elsewhere there is a
close corroboration in the findings with this study. The study
therefore suggests that there are consistent changes in
peripheral blood and bone marrows of patients infected with the
human immunodeficiency virus.
Citation
Masters of Medicine (Pathology)Publisher
University of Nairobi School of Medicine