Patients With HIV And Low-Level Viremia May Be At Increased Risk For Severe Non-AIDS Events, Study Finds

Infectious Disease Advisor (5/30, Nye) reports, “Patients with HIV infection who have low-level viremia may be at increased risk for severe non-AIDS events, according to study results published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.” The study found that “compared with patients who remained virologically suppressed, the risk for severe non-AIDS events was higher for those with at least 1 episode of low-level viremia (hazard ratio [HR], 1.31; 95% CI, 1.22-1.41) or high levels of low-level viremia (HR, 1.57; 95% CI, 1.46-1.70) and for those who experienced virologic failure (HR, 1.75; 95% CI, 1.67-1.82).”