Cerebrospinal fluid HIV-1 compartmentalization in a patient with AIDS and acute varicella-zoster virus meningomyeloradiculitis.
case_report · Level V
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Cerebrospinal Fluid
- HIV-1
- Herpes Zoster
- Meningitis, Viral
- Myelitis
- Radiculopathy