Document 2526
 DOCN  M94A2526
 TI    HIV screening in suspected patients.
 DT    9412
 AU    Ali NA; Mirjan teaching hospital, Babylon-Iraq.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):284 (abstract no. PC0056). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370049
 AB    OBJECTIVE: Increasing & extending testing in asian countries suggested
       by WHO as a way to obviate possible underdiagnosis of HIV infection in
       asian continent. METHODS: We screened 3 groups not included in the
       national surveillance programme which focus mainly on STDs, sex workers,
       gypsies, blood donors. The first group was 94 cases of suspected
       patients from medical wards having suggestive clinical picture like PUO,
       chronic diarrhoea, resistant T. D, . . etc. The second were 60
       transplanted kidney patients on regular immunosuppressives & various
       opportunistic infections. The third were 138 oncological patients under
       various modalities of treatment including 4 kaposi sarcoma. RESULT: All
       cases were negative for HIV infection. DISCUSSION & CONCLUSION: despite
       the absence of any evidence for local spread of HIV in our country we
       are not naive to think that we are safe. continuous monitoring for the
       situation is needed and we did so.
 DE    Human  HIV Infections/*DIAGNOSIS  Risk Factors  MEETING ABSTRACT

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