Revista de SIDA e investigación clínica

Report on Three Patients with Decline of Cd4 T Cells Unknown Reasons

Abstract

Bui Vu Huy, Vu Minh Dien and Nguyen Van Kinh

Aim: To inform three cases with declining of CD4 T-cell with unknown reasons. Method: The report on clusters of disease cases. 3 patients were treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ha Noi, in the period from 30/04/2013 to 05/13/2013. Three of them had evidence of the counts decline of CD4 T-cell, but the causes were not identified. Results and conclusion: Three male patients aged from 23 to 40 were engaged in gold mining. All three patients had no history of any special and hospitalized because of fever, cough, difficult breathing from a few days to 2 months. Physical examination and test results showed lung disease with respiratory failure, weakness, oral fungus. T-CD4 of two patients declined, but the results of HIV were negative. Although all of them were treated with intensive, as well as antibiotics, antifungal drugs but the treatment have not resulted. These are the issues that need to be studied further.