title: Central nervous system opportunistic infections.
abstract: The spectrum of opportunistic infections occurring in association with human-immunodeficiency virus, type 1, is very broad. These infections develop most frequently in the setting of advanced immunosuppression. There is no part of the neuraxis that is immune to these complications and the concurrence of more than one infectious illness may always be considered. The neuroimaging features, when coupled with the clinical and laboratory findings, often suggest the correct diagnosis and enable the physician to initiate therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D006800:Deltaretrovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D015497:HIV-1; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000175:diagnosis; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007968:Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000175:diagnosis; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000175:diagnosis; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000175:diagnosis