Negative Rapid Serological Tests in an HIV-Infected Infant: A Call for Improved Inpatient Provider-Initiated Testing and Counseling Beginning With Breastfeeding Mothers-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Negative Rapid Serological Tests in an HIV-Infected Infant: A Call for Improved Inpatient Provider-Initiated Testing and Counseling Beginning With Breastfeeding Mothers

Published:2021-05-25 Issue:8 Volume:10 Page:883-885
ISSN:2048-7207
Container-title:Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
language:en
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Author:

Lisboa Anselmo¹,Thorp Marguerite²,Lambo Luisa¹,Chaúque Sílvia¹,Elias Beatriz¹,Domingos Celina³,Macassa Eugénia¹,Buck W Chris¹²

Affiliation:

1. Department for Pediatrics, Hospital Central de Maputo, Maputo, Mozambique

2. Department for Pediatrics, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA

3. Centro de Colaboração em Sáude, Maputo, Mozambique

Abstract

Abstract Rapid serological tests are unreliable for the diagnosis of HIV exposure and infection in infants. This case reports an HIV-infected infant with a delayed diagnosis due to multiple negative serological tests, highlighting the importance of maternal testing for provider-initiated testing and counseling in hospitalized infants.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,General Medicine,Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

Link

http://academic.oup.com/jpids/article-pdf/10/8/883/40430591/piab021.pdf

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