Report of a false-positive HIV test result and the potential use of additional tests in establishing HIV serostatus
E Mylonakis, M Paliou, TC Greenbough… - Archives of internal …, 2000 - jamanetwork.com
Considering the lifelong implications of a positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test
result, physicians should be aware of the limitations of tests for HIV. A 43-year-old man had
a reactive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and an indeterminate result on Western blot
analysis. The results of subsequent enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western blot
tests were interpreted as positive, and the patient was informed that he had HIV infection.
Persistently undetectable plasma HIV-1 RNA, combined with normal physical examination …
result, physicians should be aware of the limitations of tests for HIV. A 43-year-old man had
a reactive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and an indeterminate result on Western blot
analysis. The results of subsequent enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western blot
tests were interpreted as positive, and the patient was informed that he had HIV infection.
Persistently undetectable plasma HIV-1 RNA, combined with normal physical examination …