J. Mahler et al., UNDETECTED HIV-INFECTION AMONG PATIENTS ADMITTED TO AN ALCOHOL REHABILITATION UNIT, The American journal of psychiatry, 151(3), 1994, pp. 439-440
Of 300 patients admitted to an alcohol rehabilitation unit, serologica
l testing of discarded admission blood samples revealed that 31 (10.3%
) had HIV infection. Chart records indicated that four patients were k
nown to be HIV infected on admission, and HIV infection was detected i
n another three patients during hospitalization; however, 24 (77.4%) o
f the HIV-positive patients were discharged with their HIV infection s
till undetected.