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Primary HIV infection with multisystemic presentation

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: Establishing a diagnosis of primary HIV infection (PHI) is important for both the affected individual and public health, because the newly infected individual might readily transmit HIV to others. Unfortunately, diagnosing PHI is hindered by its non-specific presentation, among other factors. We report the case of a patient with extensive multiple organ involvement (fever, rhabdomyolysis, myocarditis, pancreatitis, bilateral renal infarcts, acute renal failure and anemia) in the setting of documented HIV seroconversion as an unusual form of PHI.

Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.09.010

Authors: José Ramón Paño-Pardo, María L. Alcaide, Lilian Abbo, Gordon Dickinson

Institutions: Hospital Universitario La Paz, University of Miami

Language: English

Topic: HIV Research and Treatment

Subfield: Virology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,900