UNDETECTED HIV-INFECTION AMONG PATIENTS ADMITTED TO AN ALCOHOL REHABILITATION UNIT

Authors
MAHLER J YI D SACKS M DERMATIS H STEBINGER A CARD C PERRY S
Citation
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
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
The American journal of psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
0002953X
Volume
151
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
439 - 440
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-953X(1994)151:3<439:UHAPAT>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
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.