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Blinded by Zika? A missed HIV diagnosis that resulted in optic neuropathy and blindness: a case report

BACKGROUND: Typical symptoms of an acute human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections like fever and rash are not specific and can be caused by a multitude of other pathogens, such as Zika or rickettsiosis. Up to 30% of primary HIV infection do not present with the typical flu-like symptoms and thu...

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Autores principales: Hirschel, Tiffany, Steffen, Heimo, Pecoul, Victor, Calmy, Alexandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29195504
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2970-5