Polyradiculopathy in an AIDS patient with CMV infection

Authors

  • Vítor Augusto Interno do Internato Complementar de Medicina Interna, Unidade de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias do Hospital Egas Moniz, Lisboa
  • Alberto Leal Interno do Internato Complementar de Neurologia, Unidade de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias do Hospital Egas Moniz, Lisboa
  • Carlos Araújo Assistente Hospitalar de Medicina Interna, Unidade de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias do Hospital Egas Moniz, Lisboa
  • J. Luís Champalimaud Chefe de Serviço, Unidade de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias do Hospital Egas Moniz, Lisboa

Keywords:

polyradiculoneuropathy, CMV, AIDS, ganciclovir, polymorphonuclear pleocytosis

Abstract

The authors report a case of an HIV1 seropositive homosexual male who develops an axonal progres­sive and ascendent subacute polyradiculoneuropha­ty, polymorphonuclear pleocytosis compatibly asso­ciated whit clinical diagnostic of cytomegalovirus nervous system infection. This entity is rare, and is of di.fficult laboratorial confirmation and resistant to terapheutical measures as reported in literature.

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1995-12-29

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Augusto V, Leal A, Araújo C, Champalimaud JL. Polyradiculopathy in an AIDS patient with CMV infection. RPMI [Internet]. 1995 Dec. 29 [cited 2024 Dec. 18];2(4):243-6. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/2412

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Vol. 2 No. 4 (1995): Outubro/ Dezembro

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Case Reports

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