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Previous Volume 328:1281-1282 April 29, 1993 Number 17 Next

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To the Editor: We recently encountered the uncommon situation of a false positive test for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) during the pretransplantation evaluation of a 32-year-old Haitian woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and end-stage renal disease. Her condition had been stable with the use of hemodialysis for the previous 6 years, and she had resided in the United States for 15 years. Serologic tests were negative for cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, toxoplasmosis, and hepatitis. Screening tests for syphilis were also negative. Both she and her husband were monogamous, with no history of drug abuse or blood transfusions. She . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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