Extremely high HIV-1 viral load in a patient with undiagnosed clinical indicator disease for HIV infection. (24th November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Flanagan, Stuart; De Saram, Sophia; Dhairyawan, Rageshri
• Is Part Of: BMJ case reports. Volume 2015
• Publication Date: 2015-11-24
• Subjects: Medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2015-210213
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-790X

Abstract

Abstract : We report a case of a new diagnosis of HIV with an extremely high viral load presenting with HIV encephalopathy, in a 54-year-old woman who had been treated with 2 years of extended high-dose immunosuppressant therapy for a recalcitrant pruritic rash before diagnosis.