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...

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Published inSexually transmitted infections Vol. 81; no. 4; pp. 359 - 360
Main Authors Pao, D, McElborough, D, Fisher, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.08.2005
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Subjects
Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
HIV
HIV Infections - diagnosis
HIV Infections - psychology
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Infections
Letter
Male
Medical tests
Munchausen Syndrome - diagnosis
Munchausen’s syndrome
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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
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ISSN:1368-4973
1472-3263
DOI:10.1136/sti.2004.013300