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To the Editor: I find no fault with the report by Hansen et al. on ganciclovir-induced psychosis (Oct. 31 issue) ¹ or with their conclusions, but I do take exception to their terminology. In their case report, they clearly describe all the characteristic features of a confusional state: disorientation, incoherent speech, agitation, incontinence, hallucinations, and delusions. These are the characteristic features of a confusional state,² delirium, or toxic encephalopathy (all synonyms). A psychosis, however, is quite different, because it occurs in a clear sensorium,³ as found, for example, in patients with psychosis associated with schizophrenia.

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