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AIDS: Neurological Opportunist Infections in Central London

Author(s) -

R J Guiloff

Publication year - 1989

Publication title -

journal of the royal society of medicine

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1758-1095

pISSN - 0141-0768

DOI - 10.1177/014107688908200511

Subject(s) - medicine , cytomegalovirus , central nervous system , toxoplasmosis , cryptococcus neoformans , cryptococcosis , immunology , tuberculosis , meningoencephalitis , meningitis , aids related opportunistic infections , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pediatrics , virology , viral disease , pathology , sida , herpesviridae , biology , microbiology and biotechnology

Twenty six (41%) of 64 central London cases of AIDS with nervous system involvement during the course of the illness had neurological opportunist infection. Cytomegalovirus and Toxoplasma gondii were the commonest agents in 22 cases with central nervous system (CNS) infection. Eight cases had herpes zoster radiculopathy. Other infections included those caused by Cryptococcus neoformans, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and papova JC virus. Prognosis was generally poor, irrespective of whether the opportunist infection was treatable.

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