Primary HIV infection masquerading as Munchausen’s syndrome
Since 1986 there have been several case reports describing factitious HIV infection. 1 We have seen two acute presentations where the patients claimed to have chronic HIV infection, were found to be HIV antibody negative but on closer evaluation were found to be seroconverting with primary HIV infec...
Saved in:
Published in | Sexually transmitted infections Vol. 81; no. 4; pp. 359 - 360 |
---|---|
Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
England
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
01.08.2005
BMJ Publishing Group LTD BMJ Group |
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
Cover
Loading…
Summary: | Since 1986 there have been several case reports describing factitious HIV infection. 1 We have seen two acute presentations where the patients claimed to have chronic HIV infection, were found to be HIV antibody negative but on closer evaluation were found to be seroconverting with primary HIV infection (PHI). |
---|---|
Bibliography: | PMID:16061548 Correspondence to: David Pao Department of Genitourinary Medicine, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 5BE, UK; david.pao@bsuh.nhs.uk href:sextrans-81-359-2.pdf istex:613D1E78905777316BFE55600B9E50FD071BB826 ark:/67375/NVC-B93GV9WP-L local:0810359a |
ISSN: | 1368-4973 1472-3263 |
DOI: | 10.1136/sti.2004.013300 |