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Adult-onset Still's disease presenting as fever of unknown origin in a patient with HIV infection.

DelVecchio S, Skidmore P

Department of Medicine, Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia, USA. sally.delvecchio@us.army.mil

A 43-year-old African American man with known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was found to have adult-onset Still's disease manifesting as fever of unknown origin. In the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy, HIV-infected patients are preserving their immune status and, thus, must be evaluated in a manner similar to that for the general population.

Published 21 January 2008 in Clin Infect Dis, 46(4): e41-3.
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