Case Report

The Great Impostor: Transaminitis Masking the Coinfection of Syphilis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Table 1


Lab testResults

Hepatitis A IgMNegative
Hepatitis A IgGNegative
Hepatitis B surface antigenNegative
Hepatitis B core antibody IgMNegative
Hepatitis C IgMNegative
Hepatitis C IgGNegative
HSV PCR Type 1Negative
HSV PCR Type 2Negative
HIV Ab 1 and 2Reactive
HIV-1 discriminatory assayPositive
HIV-2 discriminatory assayNegative
HIV-1 viral load115,000 copies/mL
HIV-2 viral loadNegative
CD4 cell count598 mm3
ANANegative
Antimitochondrial antibodyNegative
Anti-smooth muscle antibodyNegative
GGT levelNegative
Creatinine kinaseNegative
AldolaseNegative
Serum RPR titer1 : 64 TU
Treponema pallidum particle agglutination assay (TPPA)Reactive
Chlamydia DNA probeNondetected
N. gonorrhoeae DNA probeNondetected
Crypto-Ag serumNonreactive
Toxo-Ab IgG<3
Toxo-Ab IgM0.04