Newly diagnosed HIV infection in an octogenarian: the elderly are not 'immune'

被引:18
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作者
Cloud, GC
Browne, R
Salooja, N
McLean, KA
机构
[1] Charing Cross Hosp, W London Ctr Sexual Hlth, London W6 8RF, England
[2] Hammersmith Hosp, Dept Elderly Med, London, England
[3] Hammersmith Hosp, Dept Haematol, London, England
关键词
HIV; human immunodeficiency virus; elderly; heterosexual transmission;
D O I
10.1093/ageing/32.3.353
中图分类号
R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;
摘要
Case report: an 83-year-old heterosexual man with malaise tested positive for HIV infection antibodies and has responded well to triple antiretroviral therapy. Discussion: HIV should not be discounted on the basis of age when an elderly patient presents for the investigation of illness.
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页码:353 / 354
页数:2
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