Acute Appendicitis as the Initial Clinical Presentation of Primary HIV-1 Infection | Zendy

Mariane H. Schleimann | Zendy; Steffen Leth | Zendy; Astrid R Krarup | Zendy; Jesper Mortensen | Zendy; Bente Barstad | Zendy; Matthias Zaccarin | Zendy; Paul W. Denton | Zendy; Rajesh Mohey | Zendy

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Acute Appendicitis as the Initial Clinical Presentation of Primary HIV-1 Infection

Author(s) -

Mariane H. Schleimann,

Steffen Leth,

Astrid R Krarup,

Jesper Mortensen,

Bente Barstad,

Matthias Zaccarin,

Paul W. Denton,

Rajesh Mohey

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy006

Subject(s) - medicine , acute appendicitis , appendicitis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , presentation (obstetrics) , abdominal pain , emergency department , appendix , acute abdominal pain , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , immunology , general surgery , surgery , psychiatry , biology , paleontology

We report a case of an adolescent who presented at our emergency department with acute abdominal pain. While the initial diagnosis was acute appendicitis, a secondary and coincidental diagnosis of primary HIV-1 infection was made. Concurrent and subsequent clinical and molecular biology findings form the basis of our argument that primary HIV-1 infection was the cause of acute appendicitis in this individual.

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