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COVID-19 pneumonia in an HIV-positive woman on antiretroviral therapy and undetectable viral load in Porto Alegre, Brazil – Case Study

This is a case study detailing a 63 y/o woman from Brazil and her COVID-19 and HIV comorbidity
Patient was diagnosed in 2005 with HIV and has been on a consistent combination of antitretroviral drugs to control the HIV
Patient also has hypertension which is also under control
Patient was admitted with common COVID-19 symptoms, but after blood testing, patient was found to have normal white blood cell count, elevated C-reactive protein, total creatine kinase, and lactate dehydrogenase. No signs of hypoxemia on admittance
Chest x-ray showed signs of opacities in middle thirds of both lungs and nasal swab test came back positive for COVID-19
Patient remained in hospital on oxygen and received amoxicillin/clavulanate for 7 days
Patient made full recovery without the need for ICU care
This case still remains to be the only reported case of HIV and COVID-19 comorbidity in Brazil

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Updated 2020-08-30

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