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Iron deficiency anemia in HIV infection: immunologic and virologic response
Yusuf E Afacan1, Muhammad S Hasan, Jackson A Omene
1North Brooklyn Health Network, AIDS Center Program, New York, USA.
Journal of the National Medical Association
|February 21, 2002
Abstract:
We report the immunologic and virologic response of iron deficiency anemia in two cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals. The findings of this report suggest that caution be exercised in prescribing iron supplements to HIV-infected patients. The treatment of iron deficiency anemia should be combined with antiretroviral agents in people living with HIV/AIDS to avoid adverse immunologic and virologic consequences.