| Literature DB >> 23728149 |
E Liana Falcone1, Ademiposi A Adegbulugbe, Virginia Sheikh, Hiromi Imamichi, Robin L Dewar, Dima A Hammoud, Irini Sereti, H Clifford Lane.
Abstract
We report a case of AIDS presenting as varicella-zoster virus (VZV) meningomyeloradiculitis associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) quasispecies compartmentalization within the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and a CSF viral load that was 1 log higher than in peripheral blood. Prolonged antiviral therapy for both VZV and HIV type 1 was associated with partial resolution.Entities:
Keywords: central nervous system compartmentalization; human immunodeficiency virus; meningomyeloradiculitis; varicella-zoster virus; viral quasispecies
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23728149 PMCID: PMC3739464 DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit356
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079