Two Cases of HIV Infection Accompanied with Borderline Personality Disorder

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  • HAGIWARA Eri
    First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City Unicersity School of Medicine
  • KATSUSE Ohmi
    Department of Phychiatry, Yokohama City Unicersity School of Medicine
  • OKUBO Tadanobu
    First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City Unicersity School of Medicine
  • SHIRAI Akira
    First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City Unicersity School of Medicine
  • ITOH Akira
    Division of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Yokohama City Unicersity School of Medicine
  • ISHIGATSUBO Yoshiaki
    First Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City Unicersity School of Medicine

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  • 境界性人格障害を有するHIV感染症の2症例

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Abstract

We report here two cases of HIV infection with a borderline personality disorder. Case 1 was a 25-year-old male patient who was diagnosed with HIV infection 4 years ago. Borderline personality disorder was also diagnosed at that time. Although he was referred to our hospital in 1999, we had to refer him to another hospital for his regular outpatient hemodialysis. Case 2 was a 24-year-old male patient who had borderline personality disorder since 1996. He was diagnosed with HIV infection in 1999 and referred to our hospital. Be ignored rules in visiting clinics such as prior reservations and frequently called doctors, case-workers and nurses. After several visit he intentionally took excessive sedative medicines and called a case-worker at our hospital. Be was admitted to our hospital for three days. After he was discharged, we set limitations for his behavior not to harm himself and to obey the rules in visiting clinics. In other countries investigators report that borderline personality disorder is more common in HIV-infected persons. It may be because persons with borderline personality disorder are more likely to engage in high-risk sexual behavior, which is also applicable to these two cases. As HIV infection is rapidly prevailing in Japan, it is possible that the chance are that this disoder will be seen more frequently in HIV infected cases.

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  • Kansenshogaku Zasshi

    Kansenshogaku Zasshi 74 (12), 1077-1080, 2000

    The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases

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