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Paranoid psychosis as the first presentation of a fulminating lethal case of AIDS.

Br J Psychiatry. 1987 Nov;151:693-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/88184287
Thomas CS; Szabadi E; University of Manchester.

Abstract: A 34-year-old heterosexual intravenous drug abuser presented with a paranoid psychosis and was subsequently found to have the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The patient died 14 days later of generalised septicaemia. The case is reported and the aetiology and pathogenesis of the organic psychosis are discussed. It is anticipated that similar psychiatric manifestations will occur as the AIDS epidemic increases.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS/*PSYCHOLOGY Adult Brain Diseases/COMPLICATIONS Case Report Heroin Dependence/COMPLICATIONS Human Male Paranoid Disorders/*ETIOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE

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