title: [Doctor's delay in HIV infection caused by blood transfusion].
abstract: Transfusion-associated symptomatic HIV infection in four patients led to death in two patients and to development of serious neurological sequelae in a third patient who also transmitted HIV infection to his spouse. The tardy diagnosis of HIV-associated disease in all cases can be ascribed to ignoring the earlier blood transfusion as a possible cause of HIV infection. This was due partly to advanced age of the patients and partly to lack of familiarity of the attending physicians with HIV-associated problems. This resulted in a substantial doctor's delay.
authors.affiliation: Afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Götz
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Nielander
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Brouwers
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: ten Napel
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
vernacular_title: 'Doctor's delay' bij infectie met HIV door bloedtransfusie.