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Underutilised human immunodeficiency virus testing in the setting of invasive pneumococcal disease
Author(s) -
Punton Hannah,
Cisera Kathryn,
Ojaimi Samar,
Woolley Ian
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/imj.15369
Subject(s) - medicine , streptococcus pneumoniae , serology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , disease , pneumococcal infections , immunology , intensive care medicine , antibody , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology
Abstract People living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are at increased risk of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). We assessed whether patients with invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae , in blood or cerebrospinal fluid, underwent HIV serology testing over a 5‐year period. We found that only 39 inpatients out of 156 (25%) with IPD were tested for HIV and thus conclude that such testing is not being undertaken according to some guidelines in patients with IPD. Education and implementation strategies are required to increase testing.