Open AccessThe Science of Undetectable Equals Un-Transmittable Plays out in Real Life a Clinical Case Report
Author(s) -
Alycia T. Dickens
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
communication, society and media
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2576-5396
pISSN - 2576-5388
DOI - 10.22158/csm.v2n2p61
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , intravenous drug , viral load , primary care , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , hepatitis c , viral hepatitis , family medicine , viral disease , pediatrics , intensive care medicine
66-year-old African American man presented to the Infectious Disease Clinic for evaluation and treatment of Hepatitis C. Risk for Hepatitis C was Intravenous Drug Use (IVDU) 20 years earlier. Patient was referred to the Infectious Disease (ID) Clinic by primary care provider. Medical work-up, done by primary care provider, included HIV testing and the patient tested HIV+. Further testing by Infectious Disease Provider showed a cd4 643 @38% and a HIV RNA or HIV Viral Load of 43 copies/ml. Interestingly, this patient was unaware of his HIV (+) status and he is also newly married less than 2 years.