RT Journal Article T1 The role of polymerase chain reaction of high-risk human papilloma virus in the screening of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions in the anal mucosa of human immunodeficiency virus-positive males having sex with males. A1 Hidalgo-Tenorio, Carmen A1 Rivero-Rodriguez, Mar A1 Gil-Anguita, Concepción A1 Esquivias, Javier A1 López-Castro, Rodrigo A1 Ramírez-Taboada, Jessica A1 López de Hierro, Mercedes A1 López-Ruiz, Miguel A A1 Martínez, R Javier A1 Llaño, Juan P K1 Humanos K1 Papillomaviridae K1 Masculino K1 Infecciones por papillomavirus K1 Citodiagnóstico K1 Reacción en cadena de la polimerasa K1 Seropositividad para VIH K1 Homosexualidad masculina K1 Neoplasias del ano K1 Instituciones de atención ambulatoria K1 Biopsia K1 Genotipo K1 Infecciones por VIH K1 Membrana mucosa K1 Curva ROC K1 Análisis de regresión K1 Riesgo AB OBJECTIVESTo evaluate the advantages of cytology and PCR of high-risk human papilloma virus (PCR HR-HPV) infection in biopsy-derived diagnosis of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL = AIN2/AIN3) in HIV-positive men having sex with men (MSM).METHODSThis is a single-centered study conducted between May 2010 and May 2014 in patients (n = 201, mean age 37 years) recruited from our outpatient clinic. Samples of anal canal mucosa were taken into liquid medium for PCR HPV analysis and for cytology. Anoscopy was performed for histology evaluation.RESULTSAnoscopy showed 33.8% were normal, 47.8% low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL), and 18.4% HSIL; 80.2% had HR-HPV. PCR of HR-HPV had greater sensitivity than did cytology (88.8% vs. 75.7%) in HSIL screening, with similar positive (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) of 20.3 vs. 22.9 and 89.7 vs. 88.1, respectively. Combining both tests increased the sensitivity and NPV of HSIL diagnosis to 100%. Correlation of cytology vs. histology was, generally, very low and PCR of HR-HPV vs. histology was non-existent (<0.2) or low (<0.4). Area under the receiver operating characteristics (AUROC) curve analysis of cytology and PCR HR-HPV for the diagnosis of HSIL was poor (<0.6). Multivariate regression analysis showed protective factors against HSIL were: viral suppression (OR: 0.312; 95%CI: 0.099-0.984), and/or syphilis infection (OR: 0.193; 95%CI: 0.045-0.827). HSIL risk was associated with HPV-68 genotype (OR: 20.1; 95%CI: 2.04-197.82).CONCLUSIONSWhen cytology and PCR HR-HPV findings are normal, the diagnosis of pre-malignant HSIL can be reliably ruled-out in HIV-positive patients. HPV suppression with treatment protects against the appearance of HSIL. PB Public Library of Science YR 2015 FD 2015-04-07 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/2059 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/2059 LA en NO Hidalgo-Tenorio C, Rivero-Rodriguez M, Gil-Anguita C, Esquivias J, López-Castro R, Ramírez-Taboada J, et al. The role of polymerase chain reaction of high-risk human papilloma virus in the screening of high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions in the anal mucosa of human immunodeficiency virus-positive males having sex with males. PLoS ONE. 2015; 10(4):e0123590 NO Journal Article; DS RISalud RD Apr 13, 2025