Objective: To determine the psychometric properties of the recently developed German version of the Multidimensional Quality of Life Questionnaire for HIV/AIDS (MQOL-HIV) and to test its performance in a sample of HIV-infected patients.
Methods: Two-hundred and seven outpatients with HIV/AIDS were interviewed with the German version of the MQOL-HIV; 109 patients were interviewed a second time approximately 2 weeks later. Patients also completed the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II (WHODAS II).
An unusual cutaneous relapse of visceral leishmaniasis (initially mistaken for eruptive histiocytomas) was seen in an AIDS patient despite good virological and CD4+ T-cell responses to highly active antiretroviral therapy. Splenectomy and the patient's low CD8+ T-cell count are discussed as possible causes of failed disease control.
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