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ArticleJournal of neurovirology2020

Acute paraparesis in HIV-infected patient after initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy.

Preeti Dalal, Karuna Anot, Gupta Monica, Sanjay D'Cruz

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Article in Journal of neurovirology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Preeti DalalDepartment of General Medicine, Government Medical College Hospital, Level 4 D Block, Sector 32, Chandigarh, 160030, India.
Karuna AnotDepartment of General Medicine, Government Medical College Hospital, Level 4 D Block, Sector 32, Chandigarh, 160030, India.
Gupta MonicaDepartment of General Medicine, Government Medical College Hospital, Level 4 D Block, Sector 32, Chandigarh, 160030, India. monicamanish2001@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3992-1013
Sanjay D'CruzDepartment of General Medicine, Government Medical College Hospital, Level 4 D Block, Sector 32, Chandigarh, 160030, India.

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Abstract

Neurological syndromes occur in around 40-70% of HIV-infected people. Direct central nervous system involvement by the virus usually manifests as HIV encephalitis, HIV leucoencephalopathy, vacuolar leucoencephalopathy or vacuolar myelopathy. Indirect involvement is usually associated with neurotropic opportunistic infections which include tuberculosis, toxoplasmosis, cryptococcosis and viral encephalitis such as herpes simplex, varicella-zoster, cytomegalovirus and Human polyomavirus 2. We report a case of transverse myelitis in a recently diagnosed HIV patient who was otherwise asymptomatic initially and developed paraparesis after 1 month of initiation of antiretroviral therapy. After ruling out opportunistic infections and other causes of compressive and non-compressive myelopathy, development of transverse myelitis was attributed to immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in view of baseline low CD4 count and their improvement after HAART initiation. Prompt treatment with corticosteroids successfully reversed the symptoms.

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Acute DiseaseAdrenal Cortex HormonesAdultAnti-HIV AgentsAntiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveCD4 Lymphocyte CountCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesHIV InfectionsHumansImmune Reconstitution Inflammatory SyndromeMaleMethylprednisoloneMyelitis, TransverseParaparesisAdrenal Cortex HormonesAnti-HIV AgentsMethylprednisoloneHighly active anti-retroviral therapyImuune reconstitution inflammatory syndromeTransverse myelitis

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