title: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis as manifestation of primary HIV infection.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Fourth Clinical Division, National Institute for Infectious Diseases I.R.C.C.S. Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy. pnarciso@libero.it
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Narciso
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Galgani
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Del Grosso
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Marco
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Santis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Balestra
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ciapparoni
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tozzi
mesh_terms: 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