HIV infection in surgical practice.
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Abstract
When HIV is mentioned in a surgical forum a debate will often follow about "universal testing" and "barrier precautions". Unfortunately, there is little discussion of the many ways that HIV-infected patients may present primarily to the surgeon. Although lifestyle risk factors are important clues, unusual clinical features of a relatively common surgical disease should raise the suspicion of HIV infection.