1, Alcohol and drug misusers may fear approaching statutory agencies for help, especially if they are parents.

2, Design - Case-control study in cohorts of drug misusers and homosexual men.

3, Conclusions - Seroconversion to HIV-1 among intravenous drug misusers is associated with bacterial pneumonia.

4, They also include some people from ethnic minorities, homeless and rootless people, homeless families, and substance misusers.

5, Partly, no doubt, the figures include at least some wilful or at least entirely feckless credit misusers.

6, Most reports describe primary HIV-1 infection among groups other than misusers of intravenous drugs.

7, But a few may become heavy and frequent solvent misusers.