Acute Primary HIV Infection
- Thomas C. Quinn, MD
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Patient 1 A 31-year-old bisexual man presented to the Johns Hopkins Hospital emergency department complaining of progressive headaches, confusion, myalgia, vivid nightmares, and diarrhea. For many years he had traveled extensively throughout sub-Saharan Africa and had recently spent 2 years in Madagascar. He had returned to the United States 1 month before admission.
Once home, he developed diffuse myalgia and malaise. Stool analysis showed hookworm and Entamoeba histolytica, and he was treated with mebendazole and metronidazole 1 week before admission. During that week, he developed flulike symptoms of fever, chills, cough, and persistent diarrhea. Three days before admission, he developed a stiff neck, headaches, confusion, and vivid nightmares.
His medical history included an inguinal hernia repair 12 years before admission and hepatitis A infection 7 years before admission. For the past 2 years, he had taken prophylactic chloroquine against malaria. Within the past 6 months, he had been
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Reprints: Thomas C. Quinn, MD, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ross 1159, 720 Rutland Ave, Baltimore, MD 21205.
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Grand Rounds at The Johns Hopkins Hospital section editors: David B. Hellmann, MD, D. William Schlott, MD, Stephen D. Sisson, MD, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md; David S. Cooper, MD, Contributing Editor, JAMA.
