HIV/AIDS

Data on HIV/AIDS described by researchers at Ghent University

Published in AIDS Weekly, May 17th, 2010

"We report a case of temporary impaired hemoglobin scavenging in a patient with an acute HIV-1 retroviral syndrome. The patient was presented at the emergency department in a severe inflammatory state, mimicking bacterial sepsis and/or hemophagocytic syndrome," scientists writing in the journal Clinica Chimica Acta report.

"The serum showed a hemolytic aspect. In contrast, serum haptoglobin concentration was not decreased. The hemolysis index was determined and the visual absorbance spectroscopy spectrum of the serum was studied. alpha 1 microglobulin and hemopexin concentrations were determined in serum. The presence of circulating hemoglobin:haptoglobin...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2010-05-17)

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