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Diagnostic Lumbar Puncture in HIV-Infected Patients:Analysis of 138 Cases Am J Med 96:223-228, Hollander,H.,et al, 1994 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract CSF abnormalities were common at all stages of disease.LP was diagnostic in 22%of cases,but fewer than half of the diagnoses were of treatable secondary complications.Patients with a CD4 count higher than 0.200 x 10 (to 9 power)have a very low incidence of opportunistic complications.The relatively low yield of LP in patients with altered mental status suggests that other testing modalities should be used prior to LP.

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