Department of Microbiology, SEALS Pathology, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
Department of Microbiology, SEALS Pathology, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia.
J Clin Microbiol. 2014 Nov;52(11):4105-8. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01573-14. Epub 2014 Sep 10.
Diagnosis of acute HIV is done by patient history and examination and testing of RNA, proviral DNA, and serology using fourth-generation antigen/antibody detection assays. We describe an HIV-1 primary infection with a second diagnostic window of 18 to 34 days on a fourth-generation immunoassay, which would have been missed using some current algorithms. Caution must be exercised when fourth-generation HIV-1 immunoassays are interpreted in isolation, and additional testing should be considered depending on patient risk assessment.
急性 HIV 的诊断通过病史和体检进行,并使用第四代抗原/抗体检测法检测 RNA、前病毒 DNA 和血清学。我们描述了一例 HIV-1 原发性感染,在第四代免疫分析法中有 18 至 34 天的第二个诊断窗口期,如果使用某些当前的算法,这个窗口期可能会被忽略。在单独解释第四代 HIV-1 免疫分析法时必须谨慎,应根据患者的风险评估考虑进行额外的检测。