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

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Carlos Eduardo Medina-De la Garza, María de los Ángeles Castro-Corona, Mario César Salinas-Carmona
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:IDCases
Subjects:
HIV-misdiagnosis
ELISA-Western blot
HIV-discordant results
Acute HIV infection
HIV-diagnosis counseling
Point of care HIV-testing
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250921001244
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Summary: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
ISSN:2214-2509

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