Assessment and Diagnosis
Primary Care Management of HIV
Screening
Rapid HIV or ELISA
(A-I)
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Confirm with
Western blot or IFA
(A-I)
Initial Evaluation
History & Physical (A-III)
CD4 count (A-I)
>> Staging (Table 1) (C-III)
HIV serology (A-III)
HIV RNA (viral load) (A-I)
HIV genotype (A-III)
CBC, Chem panel (AIII)
Fasting lipids (B-III)
UA, ClCr (B-II)
Other Tests Sometimes Indicated
G6PD (A-I)
HLA-B*5701 (before abacavir) (A-I)
Coreceptor tropism (before CCR5 antagonist) (A-II)
Free and total testosterone (C-III)
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