title: [Rapid progression to AIDS in a patient with infection from a strain of syncytium forming HIV-1].
abstract: A woman who had recently become infected with HIV-1 after sexual relations with a seropositive subject presented a rapid fall in CD4+ T lymphocytes and evolved to AIDS 13 months after primoinfection. The most plausible cause for the rapid disease progression in this patient was the observation of a viral syncytium forming phenotype. The plasmatic viremia was high throughout the follow up despite the administration of antiretroviral drugs.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Soriano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heredia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bravo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: González-Lahoz
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000328:Adult; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D005260:Female; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans