Human T lymphotropic virus type 1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis in an HIV-positive patient coinfected with human T lymphotropic virus type 2 following initiation of antiretroviral therapy.

Toro, Carlos; Blanco, Francisco; García-Gascó, Pilar; Sheldon, Julie; Benito, José M; Rallón, Norma I; Soriano, Vincent · Clin Infect Dis · 2007

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe a patient coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and human T lymphotropic virus type 2 in Spain who developed paraparesis resembling human T lymphotropic virus type 1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis shortly after initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy, hypothetically as the result of an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome.

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