title: [Acute HIV infection].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Primary HIV infection presents a non-specific and polymorphous clinical profile. We present two cases which show how a high level of clinical awareness can lead to an early diagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study of all the HIV positive patients treated in Zaragoza's Miguel Servet Hospital between 1985 and 1991 was carried out. Site. The medical records studied concerned the hospital as regards admissions and out-patient consultations.
  
  
  METHODS
  The two cases which we contributed fulfilled the serologic criteria of acute HIV infection.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The man-woman relationship was 1/1. The only way of contagion found was heterosexual. Predominant clinical symptoms were cutaneous-mucous, with a prominent condition of oesophagitis produced by Candida.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A high level of clinical awareness on the part of the Primary Care doctor can contribute significantly to the detection of new cases and controlling the HIV epidemic.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nabal Vicuña
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Celaya del Pozo
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Aguirre Errasti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arazo Garcés
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ramos Paesa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Povar Marco
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Infección aguda por VIH.