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

Age Ageing

Department of Elderly Medicine and Department of Haematology, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.

Published: May 2003

Case 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.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/32.3.353DOI Listing

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