Missed and Delayed Diagnoses of Acute Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection in a Southern Opt-Out HIV Testing Environment Without Reflex HIV RNA Testing
Prompt confirmation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is critical. We examined 10 years of discordant results without reflex HIV RNA. Of patients with acute HIV infection, 43.9% (95% confidence interval, 36.2%-52.0%) had confirmation delays >30 days or were never confirmed, indicating a need for reflex RNA to facilitate diagnosis.
Authors
- Jonathan A. Colasanti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0536-9769)
- Paulina A. Rebolledo
- Chad J. Robichaux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8403-5499)
- Eli Wilber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8413-2681)
- Megan Schwinne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6719-8821)
- Brittany Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2057-9985)
- Sarah F Gruber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5088-5306)
- Meredith H Lora
Institutions
- Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
- Emory University (US)
- Grady Health System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae684
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Emory Medical Care Foundation