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Age and Ageing 2003; 32: 353-354
© 2003, British Geriatrics Society

Case Report

Newly diagnosed HIV infection in an octogenarian: the elderly are not ‘immune’

Geoffrey C. Cloud1, Rita Browne3, Nina Salooja2 and Kenneth A. McLean3,

1 Department of Elderly Medicine and
2 Department of Haematology, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
3 West London Centre for Sexual Health, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8RF, UK

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.

Keywords: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus, elderly, heterosexual transmission


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