Korean J Med > Volume 71(3); 2006 > Article
The Korean Journal of Medicine 2006;71(3):1165-1169.
A case of acute HIV infection diagnosed by p24 antigen and HIV RNA assays
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증례 : p24항원 및 HIV RNA 검사로 진단한 급성 인간면역부전바이러스 감염증 1예
정혜숙&#;오원섭&#;류성열&#;허상택&#;권기태&#;백경란&#;송재훈, , , , , ,
Department of Internal Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Abstract
Acute HIV infection is a transient symptomatic illness that is characterized by high titer HIV replication and a robust and expansive virus specific immune response. Although 50~90% of the patients acutely infected with HIV will experience the symptoms of acute HIV infection, this infection is often misdiagnosed as another viral illness. Because no specific antibodies are detectable during this period, the definite diagnosis usually requires a high index of clinical suspicion that is based on the clinical symptoms and the history of exposure, in addition to performing specific laboratory tests such as p24 antigen and HIV RNA assays. We describe here a case of acute HIV infection that was confirmed by the p24 antigen and HIV RNA assays, and the HIV ELISA antibody test was initially negative.(Korean J Med 71:S1165-S1169, 2006)
Key Words: Human immunodeficiency virus, Acute HIV infection, p24 antigen assay, HIV RNA


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