HIV false positive results and Flu vaccination

Influenza vaccination and false positive HIV results.

n engl j med 354;13 www.nejm.org march 30, 2006 1422 tions of influenza and should be considered for vaccination.1,2 The genetic diversity of H5N1 influenza strains causing serious human disease is greater than previously recognized. These observations have important implications for vaccine development, since the vaccine strains being developed include A/Vietnam/1194/2004 (in China) and A/Viet...

Causes of false-positive HIV rapid diagnostic test results.

HIV rapid diagnostic tests have enabled widespread implementation of HIV programs in resource-limited settings. If the tests used in the diagnostic algorithm are susceptible to the same cause for false positivity, a false-positive diagnosis may result in devastating consequences. In resource-limited settings, the lack of routine confirmatory testing, compounded by incorrect interpretation of we...

Nitroblue tetrazolium reduction. False positive and false negative results.

Quantitative and histochemical nitroblue with polycythemia vera and neoplasia astetrazolium reduction (NBT) tests were persociated with fever, as well as in those with formed on leukocytes of 13 patients with known bacterial infection. It is suggested polycythemia vera, seven with chronic that patients with neoplasia or polycygranulocytic leukemia, eight with neothemia vera may show a false pos...

False positive auto-antibodies in HIV infection.

Neonatal Cryptococcosis: Beware of False-positive Results.

Although cryptococcal meningitis is uncommon in children and rare in neonates, it does occur. We highlight circumstances in which the diagnosis should be considered and methods required to confirm the diagnosis in young patients.

False-positive results with an alcometer device.

We write to report false-positive results with an alcometer device (Lion S-D2 brand) when it is used in the vicinity of recently applied alcohol disinfectant hand rub. The Orchard Clinic is a medium secure forensic unit set within the grounds of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. The use of an alcometer is essential in the treatment of Scottish government 'restricted' patients or if there is suspici...