CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF HIV-INFECTION WITHIN SEROCONVERSION

21 seroconversional HIV-infected subjects have been examined. 16 of th em presented with acute symptoms. The disease in tile period of seroco nversion manifested with fever, weakness, headache, pain in tile throa t, enlargement of peripheral lymph nodes, polymorphous eruption. Typic al mononucleosis-like syndrome occurred in 3 patients only. Half of th e patients had subclinical disease, no emption was seen. Because of cl inical indications only 8 of 21 patients were examined for HIV infecti on. One-third of the patients in seroconversion had moderate thrombocy topenia, probably of autoimmune nature. Autoimmune disorder of the thy roid was registered in 1 patient. nle diagnosis of acute HIV infection is not easy in view of rare occurrence of immunodeficiency typical fo r this infection. Candidiasis of the mucosa was seen in 37.5%, low lev els of CD4-lymphocytes in 66.7% of the cases.