title: Unmasking of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a patient with HIV-2.
abstract: HIV-2 is common in West Africa but rarely found in developed countries. It usually has a milder disease course than HIV-1 and clinical presentations of neurological syndromes in HIV-2 are extremely rare. We report a case of a HIV-2-infected, 46-year-old woman originally from Cote d'Ivoire who presented with possible intracerebral toxoplasmosis infection then developed progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
authors.affiliation: Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. martina.toby@gmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toby
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kulasegaram
mesh_terms: D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology*; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D007968:Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D016781:Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology