Dementia as the consequence of cytomegaloviral encephalitis in AIDS patients

Five cases of irreversible mental disorders (dementia) are reported in pati ents with immunodeficiency as the consequence of HIV-infection. Such cases comprise 4,3% of the patients infected by HIV at the stage of AIDS. Among t he patients with dementia a cytomegaloviral damage to the brain was diagnos ed in 83,3% of the cases. Mean life span of the patients was 2 months from the moment of the rise of psychopathologic symptomatology. An early diagnos is of the disorders of mental activity in individuals infected by HIV is ne cessary for establishing etiology of the pathologic process and for prescri bing a specific medicine early.