AIDS 2021 Jun 10. Epub 2021 Jun 10.
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA Division of Hospital Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA Division of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA Division of Experimental Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Background: Despite the risks of immunosuppression, recommendations regarding screening for HIV infection prior to initiation of biologic therapies targeting common rheumatologic disorders, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and inflammatory arthritides, are limited. Few cases of patients started on biologics while living with undiagnosed HIV infection have been reported.
Methods: We report 3 cases of patients initiated on biologics in the absence of recent or concurrent HIV screening who developed refractory disease or unanticipated complications and were later found to have undiagnosed chronic HIV infection. Read More