Acute Appendicitis as the Initial Clinical Presentation of Primary HIV-1 Infection

作者：Schleimann Mariane H; Leth Steffen; Krarup Astrid R; Mortensen Jesper; Barstad Bente; Zaccarin Matthias; Denton Paul W; Mohey Rajesh^*

来源：Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2018, 5(2): UNSP ofy006.

DOI：10.1093/ofid/ofy006

• acute appendicitis
• diagnosis
• immunohistochemistry
• in situ hybridization
• primary HIV-1

We report a case of an adolescent who presented at our emergency department with acute abdominal pain. While the initial diagnosis was acute appendicitis, a secondary and coincidental diagnosis of primary HIV-1 infection was made. Concurrent and subsequent clinical and molecular biology findings form the basis of our argument that primary HIV-1 infection was the cause of acute appendicitis in this individual.

• 出版日期2018-2