Near misdiagnosis of acute HIV-infection with ELISA-Western Blot scheme: Time for mindset change

Some HIV-infection diagnostic guidelines and health care providers still rely on the ELISA-Western blot diagnostic algorithm. We present a near misdiagnosis case with discordant test results and a lack of proper counseling. We point out the need for an assertive update of health care providers on di...

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Autores principales: Medina-De la Garza, Carlos Eduardo, Castro-Corona, María de los Ángeles, Salinas-Carmona, Mario César
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8167227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34094866
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01168
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Sumario:Some HIV-infection diagnostic guidelines and health care providers still rely on the ELISA-Western blot diagnostic algorithm. We present a near misdiagnosis case with discordant test results and a lack of proper counseling. We point out the need for an assertive update of health care providers on diagnostic HIV-tests

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