title: [Eleven year period of asymptomatic HIV infection in a patient after open heart surgery].
abstract: A case is described of a 62 years old patient in the initial stage of clinically overt HIV infection. The infection occurred probably 11 years earlier by means of blood transfusion during open heart surgery. The possible reasons for the long-term asymptomatic carriage of the virus and factors influencing the development of symptomatic HIV infection (AIDS) are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Immunopatologii, Instytut Chorób Zakaźnych i Pasozytniczych Akademii Medycznej, Warszawie.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Radkowski
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kopicz-Kamińska
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Laskus
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mian
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006678:HIV / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014774:Virulence
vernacular_title: Jedenastoletni okres bezobjawowego zakazenia HIV u pacjentki po przebytym zabiegu chirurgicznym na otwartym sercu.