Acute meningoencephalomyelitis due to varicella-zoster virus in an AIDS patient: report of a case and review of the literature

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Autor(a) principal: Corti,Marcelo
Data de Publicação: 2011
Outros Autores: Trione,Norberto, Villafañe,María Florencia, Risso,Daniel, Yampolsky,Claudio, Mamanna,Lilia
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Resumo: Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) meningoencephalomyelitis is a rare but severe neurological complication of VZV reactivation in immunocompromised patients. We report the case of an HIV-infected individual who developed an acute and severe meningoencephalomyelitis accompanied by a disseminated cutaneous eruption due to VZV. The presence of VZV DNA in cerebrospinal fluid was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique. The patient started undergoing an intravenous acyclovir therapy with a mild recovery of neurological manifestations. Varicella-zoster virus should be included as a cause of acute meningoencephalomyelitis in patients with AIDS. Early diagnosis followed by specific therapy should modify the rapid and fulminant course for this kind of patients.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Acute meningoencephalomyelitis due to varicella-zoster virus in an AIDS patient: report of a case and review of the literature
title Acute meningoencephalomyelitis due to varicella-zoster virus in an AIDS patient: report of a case and review of the literature
spellingShingle Acute meningoencephalomyelitis due to varicella-zoster virus in an AIDS patient: report of a case and review of the literature
Corti,Marcelo
Varicella-zoster virus
Meningoencephalomyelitis
AIDS
title_short Acute meningoencephalomyelitis due to varicella-zoster virus in an AIDS patient: report of a case and review of the literature
title_full Acute meningoencephalomyelitis due to varicella-zoster virus in an AIDS patient: report of a case and review of the literature
title_fullStr Acute meningoencephalomyelitis due to varicella-zoster virus in an AIDS patient: report of a case and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Acute meningoencephalomyelitis due to varicella-zoster virus in an AIDS patient: report of a case and review of the literature
title_sort Acute meningoencephalomyelitis due to varicella-zoster virus in an AIDS patient: report of a case and review of the literature
author Corti,Marcelo
author_facet Corti,Marcelo
Trione,Norberto
Villafañe,María Florencia
Risso,Daniel
Yampolsky,Claudio
Mamanna,Lilia
author_role author
author2 Trione,Norberto
Villafañe,María Florencia
Risso,Daniel
Yampolsky,Claudio
Mamanna,Lilia
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Corti,Marcelo
Trione,Norberto
Villafañe,María Florencia
Risso,Daniel
Yampolsky,Claudio
Mamanna,Lilia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Varicella-zoster virus
Meningoencephalomyelitis
AIDS
topic Varicella-zoster virus
Meningoencephalomyelitis
AIDS
description Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) meningoencephalomyelitis is a rare but severe neurological complication of VZV reactivation in immunocompromised patients. We report the case of an HIV-infected individual who developed an acute and severe meningoencephalomyelitis accompanied by a disseminated cutaneous eruption due to VZV. The presence of VZV DNA in cerebrospinal fluid was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique. The patient started undergoing an intravenous acyclovir therapy with a mild recovery of neurological manifestations. Varicella-zoster virus should be included as a cause of acute meningoencephalomyelitis in patients with AIDS. Early diagnosis followed by specific therapy should modify the rapid and fulminant course for this kind of patients.
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