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Erschienen in: Acta Neurologica Belgica 4/2019

16.03.2018 | Neuro-Images

Cryptococcus and parvovirus B 19 central nervous system coinfection in patient with HIV presenting with bilateral facial and oculomotor palsy

verfasst von: Bruno Bertoli Esmanhotto, Caio Pellizzari, James Henrique Yared

Erschienen in: Acta Neurologica Belgica | Ausgabe 4/2019

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A 27-year-old woman presented with single generalized tonic-clonic seizure, diplopia and headache. Neurologic examination showed bilateral facial and oculomotor palsy. She had HIV infection diagnosis 7 years before but was not under treatment with highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART). The CT scan was unremarkable. Lumbar puncture was performed and cerebrospinal fluid revealed 13 cells/mm3 (mainly mononucleated), 101 mg/dL protein, 9 mg/dL glycorrhachia and opening pressure 510 mm/H2O. Plasma viremia by RT-PCR of 183.126 HIV-1 RNA copies/ml and 7 CD4+ cells/mm3. CSF cultures to Cryptococcus neoformans and CSF PCR parvovirus B 19 were positive. CSF culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and CSF-VDRL for Treponema pallidum were negatives. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Cryptococcus and parvovirus B 19 central nervous system coinfection in patient with HIV presenting with bilateral facial and oculomotor palsy
verfasst von
Bruno Bertoli Esmanhotto
Caio Pellizzari
James Henrique Yared
Publikationsdatum
16.03.2018
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Acta Neurologica Belgica / Ausgabe 4/2019
Print ISSN: 0300-9009
Elektronische ISSN: 2240-2993
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-018-0911-2

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