Delayed HIV testing in internal medicine clinics - a missed opportunity

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 69-73

  Hermans, L ^a   Wensing, A ^a   Hoepelman, A ^a   Dutilh, J ^a   Mudrikova, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; Internal medicine; Late diagnosis; Opt out; Screening

Indexed keywords

ATAZANAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; AZITHROMYCIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; EMTRICITABINE; ENTECAVIR; FLUCONAZOLE; FOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE; TENOFOVIR;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; APATHY; BIOPSY; BLOODY DIARRHEA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEHYDRATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPLASIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESOPHAGUS CANDIDIASIS; EYE PAIN; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MACROCYTIC ANEMIA; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; POLYNEUROPATHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREMATURITY; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84858598503     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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