Am J Psychiatry 1994; 151:439-440
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Undetected HIV infection among patients admitted to an alcohol rehabilitation unit

J Mahler, D Yi, M Sacks, H Dermatis, A Stebinger, C Card and S Perry
Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, New York.

Of 300 patients admitted to an alcohol rehabilitation unit, serological testing of discarded admission blood samples revealed that 31 (10.3%) had HIV infection. Chart records indicated that four patients were known to be HIV infected on admission, and HIV infection was detected in another three patients during hospitalization; however, 24 (77.4%) of the HIV-positive patients were discharged with their HIV infection still undetected.

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