A case of psychotic mood disorder in an AIDS patient
Linde, P.R.; Zimbwa, P.S.
Central African Journal of Medicine 41(3): 97-101
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-9176 PMID: 7788679 Document Number: 453969
The following case is reported not because it is uncommon, but rather because cases like it will become more common as the AIDS endemic in sub-Saharan Africa progresses. This is a case of a young woman previously undiagnosed as being HIV positive who was admitted to a psychiatric unit. She clinically presented with a manic episode. The case is remarkable in that it demonstrates the complicated differential diagnosis that needs to be considered in evaluating immune-compromised patients who present primarily with disturbances of mood, cognition, or behaviour.