{"title":"A serology conundrum – HIV infection in acute babesiosis infection could merely be a false positive result","authors":"Rand Hindosh, E. Ernst, J. Kamau, Steven Cardio","doi":"10.47723/kcmj.v18i1.280","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease caused by Babesia microti. We present a case of false positive HIV in the setting of confirmed babesiosis infection. An understanding that patients with babesiosis can have a false positive HIV test result is important in management decisions.\n ","PeriodicalId":34748,"journal":{"name":"mjlh klyh Tb lkndy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"mjlh klyh Tb lkndy","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.47723/kcmj.v18i1.280","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease caused by Babesia microti. We present a case of false positive HIV in the setting of confirmed babesiosis infection. An understanding that patients with babesiosis can have a false positive HIV test result is important in management decisions.