Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis as manifestation of primary HIV infection.
The authors report a 27-year-old woman with clinical, MRI, virologic, and CSF findings consistent with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis as a manifestation of primary HIV infection. Improvements in the clinical and MRI findings and a reduction in HIV RNA levels, both in plasma and in the CSF, were observed during highly active antiretroviral therapy.
Narciso
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P
Fourth Clinical Division, National Institute for Infectious Diseases I.R.C.C.S. Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. pnarciso@libero.it
Galgani
S
S
Del Grosso
B
B
De Marco
M
M
De Santis
A
A
Balestra
P
P
Ciapparoni
V
V
Tozzi
V
V
D000328:Adult; D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active; D004673:Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011379:Prognosis