title: [Primary infection caused by human immunodeficiency virus: clinical and serologic aspects of 7 cases].
abstract: We report 7 individuals in whom HIV seroconversion developed, in 6 associated with symptoms and in one without any symptom at all. The most florid and sustained symptoms appeared in the oldest patients: a female and her heterosexual partner, who was a promiscuous male with recent seroconversion. A heroin abuser had oral muguet, and another had esophageal candidiasis. Rash was absent in all cases. Antigenemia was demonstrated in 6 of the 7 patients. In one case, a third generation ELISA was more sensitive than Western blot for the identification of seroconversion.
authors.affiliation: Servicios de Medicina Interna y de Hematología, Hospital de Badalona Germans Trias i Pujol, Universidad Autónoma, Barcelona.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Soriano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tor
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Muga
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Clotet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ribera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ribas-Mundó
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Foz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Primoinfección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana: aspectos clínicos y serológicos de 7 casos.