Clinical analysis of the positive cases of HIV antibody in otorhinolaryngology patients / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE@#To understand the clinical condition of the positive blood serum HIV antibody cases in otorhinolaryngology patients and explore its clinical characteristic.@*METHOD@#The positive cases in otorhinolaryngology patients were detected by the primary screening test for HIV from 2005 to 2010 , then were confirmed by the confirmation laboratory WB of CDC in Chengdu City. To analyse the results of the positive cases of HIV and collate the clinical manifestation.@*RESULT@#Totally 10 serum samples were positive by the primary screening test for HIV, among them 9 were confirmed by the confirmation laboratory, and the coincidence rate was 90.00%.@*CONCLUSION@#The positive cases by the primary screening test for HIV in otorhinolaryngology patients are increasing recently, but there are some false-positive cases. The clinical manifestation of HIV/AIDS patients are multiform because of the different stage of AIDS. To attach importance to diagnoses of HIV/AIDS in otorhinolaryngology is valuable in preventing nosocomial infection and avoiding medical staff infection due to occupational exposure and also reducing the occurrence of medical dispute.