Other Laboratory Tests To Get When You First Learn You are HIV+

The following other laboratory tests should be performed (in addition to CD4 count and viral load) when you first learn you are HIV-positive.

• Complete blood count
• Chemistry profile
• Transaminase levels
• BUN and creatinine
• Urinalysis
• RPR or VDRL
• Tuberculin skin test (unless you have a history of prior tuberculosis or a positive skin test)
• Toxoplasma gondii IgG
• Hepatitis A, B, and C serologies
• PAP smear
• Fasting blood glucose and serum lipids if you have risk factors for heart disease

Certain tests should be done frequently if you are on certain drugs. For a comprehensive list of these, see