title: [HIV and schizophrenia].
abstract: We report five cases of psychosis in patients with antibody to human immunodeficiency virus. All patients was man and intravenous drug abuser. The age range was 22 from 31 years with a mean of 25 years. In all cases acute schizophrenia was the first clinical picture of the HIV. Four patients had opportunistic infections and AIDS-Dementia Complex months later. If there is a genuine biological association between HIV carriage and schizophrenia illness, then HIV infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of such an illness.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario de Málaga.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Santos González
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rivero Román
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gálvez Contreras
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: González Santos
mesh_terms: D015526:AIDS Dementia Complex / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: HIV y esquizofrenia.