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Sore throat - acute - Making a diagnosis
HIV
- Pharyngitis in people with HIV may present as part of acute retroviral syndrome [Bisno, 2005].
- Pharyngitis with fever is a characteristic feature of primary infection with HIV and occurs after an incubation period of 3–5 weeks, with myalgia, arthralgia, lethargy, and in some people a non-itchy maculopapular rash. Lymphadenopathy develops a week later [Bisno, 2005].
- Pharyngeal hyperaemia may be marked. There may be mucosal ulceration, but exudate has not been described [Bisno, 2005].
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