HIV infection and COVID-19: risk factors for severe disease.

: We performed an observational prospective monocentric study in patients living with HIV (PLWH) diagnosed with COVID-19. Fity four PLWH developed COVID-19 with respectively 14 severe (25.9%) and 5 critical cases (9.3%). By multivariate analysis, age, male gender, ethnic origin from Sub Saharan Africa, and metabolic disorder, were associated with severe or critical forms of COVID-19. Prior CD4 T cell counts did not differ between groups. No protective effect of a particular antiretroviral class was observed.