Retrospective comparison of cytological and histological bone marrow morphology in adult antiretroviral-naïve and antiretroviral experienced human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with peripheral blood cytopaenias

Abstract

Background: A cohort of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients presenting to a quaternary hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa over a period of one year was identified and morphological analyses of their bone marrow aspirates and trephine biopsies (BMAT) undertaken.