TY - JOUR T1 - HIV diagnosis: why and how do we miss important clues? JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections JO - Sex Transm Infect SP - 101 LP - 102 DO - 10.1136/sti.2007.025098 VL - 84 IS - 2 AU - S J Winceslaus AU - A J Pinching AU - A Harris AU - V Ankrett AU - Mark Y1 - 2008/04/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/84/2/101.abstract N2 - 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. ER -