Severe leukoencephalopathy with fulminant cerebral edema reflecting immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome during HIV infection: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Oelschlaeger, Christian ^a   Dziewas, Rainer ^a   Reichelt, Doris ^a   Minnerup, Jens ^a   Niederstadt, Thomas ^a   Ringelstein, Erich ^a   Husstedt, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; EMTRICITABINE; ETIRACETAM; FLUCONAZOLE; GLYCEROL; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR; MANNITOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RITONAVIR; SAQUINAVIR; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMATOSE PATIENT; DEATH; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SALVAGE THERAPY; SEIZURE; VIRUS LOAD; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 77954552599     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-214     Document Type: Article

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