Repeated False-Positive HIV Test Results in a Patient Taking HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

Joanne D Stekler; Lauren R Violette; Lisa Niemann; Vanessa M McMahan; David A Katz; Jared M Baeten; Robert M Grant; Kevin P Delaney

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofy197

Repeated False-Positive HIV Test Results in a Patient Taking HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2018 Sep 26;5(9):ofy197. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofy197. eCollection 2018 Sep.

Authors

Joanne D Stekler^{1

2

3}, Lauren R Violette¹, Lisa Niemann¹, Vanessa M McMahan¹, David A Katz^{1

4}, Jared M Baeten^{1

2

3}, Robert M Grant⁵, Kevin P Delaney⁶

Affiliations

¹ Departments of 1Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
² Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
³ Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
⁴ HIV/STD Program, Public Health - Seattle & King County, Washington.
⁵ University of California, San Francisco, California.
⁶ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

Abstract

Regular HIV testing is required to ensure the safety of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). We describe and discuss a series of false-positive HIV test results from an individual receiving PrEP. The expansion of PrEP will likely result in greater numbers of false-positive test results that may pose challenges for interpretation.

Keywords: HIV testing; PrEP; false-positive; pre-exposure prophylaxis; seroconversion.

Grants and funding

P30 AI027757/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States