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Newly diagnosed HIV infection in an octogenarian: the elderly are not 'immune'.

AbstractCase report: an 83-year-old heterosexual man with malaise tested positive for HIV infection antibodies and has responded well to triple antiretroviral therapy. DISCUSSION: HIV should not be discounted on the basis of age when an elderly patient presents for the investigation of illness.
AuthorsGeoffrey C Cloud, Rita Browne, Nina Salooja, Kenneth A McLean (Affiliation: Department of Elderly Medicine and Department of Haematology, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.)
JournalAge and ageing (Age Ageing) Vol. 32 Issue 3 Pg. 353-4 (May 2003) ISSN: 0002-0729 England
PMID12720627 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • England
  • HIV Infections (diagnosis, immunology)
  • Heterosexuality
  • Humans
  • India (ethnology)
  • Male