PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - S J Winceslaus AU - A J Pinching AU - A Harris AU - V Ankrett AU - Mark TI - HIV diagnosis: why and how do we miss important clues? AID - 10.1136/sti.2007.025098 DP - 2008 Apr 01 TA - Sexually Transmitted Infections PG - 101--102 VI - 84 IP - 2 4099 - http://sti.bmj.com/content/84/2/101.short 4100 - http://sti.bmj.com/content/84/2/101.full SO - Sex Transm Infect2008 Apr 01; 84 AB - Research has found that a significant proportion of patients diagnosed late with HIV infection had been in contact with healthcare professionals in the preceding year with symptoms attributable to HIV. We report a unique case of late HIV diagnosis missed when seen by a number of specialists and discuss whether with better communication the diagnosis could have been alerted earlier.