Role of gancyclovir and HAART administration in the treatment of a rare complication of HIV disease: cytomegalovirus-associated Guillain-Barré syndrome
| Autor: | F. Chiodo, Leonardo Calza, E Briganti, S. Talo, Ginevra Marinacci, R Giuliani, Roberto Manfredi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Human cytomegalovirus
Adult Male Congenital cytomegalovirus infection HIV Infections Neurological disorder Guillain-Barre Syndrome Antiviral Agents Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Betaherpesvirinae Antiretroviral Therapy Highly Active Medicine Humans Pharmacology (medical) Ganciclovir Pharmacology biology Acute demyelinating polyneuropathy Guillain-Barre syndrome business.industry virus diseases biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Treatment Outcome Oncology Immunology Cytomegalovirus Infections Drug Therapy Combination Viral disease business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of chemotherapy (Florence, Italy). 13(5) |
| ISSN: | 1120-009X |
| Popis: | Peripheral nerve disorders are very common in patients with HIV infection, including inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies, such as Guillain-Barre syndrome. Causes of these neuropathies are probably multiple, and often dictated by the stage of the underlying HIV disease. Acute demyelinating polyneuropathy is usually preceded by infections, generally sustained by cytomegalovirus or Campylobacter jejuni, and a co-infection with HIV may represent the initial etiopathogenetic event leading to the neurological disorder. An extraordinary case report of a cytomegalovirus-associated Guillain-Barre syndrome occurred in one of our patients with advanced HIV infection, who was cured by gancyclovir and HAART administration, and gives us the opportunity to briefly discuss the intriguing pathogenetic and clinical correlations among HIV disease, cytomegalovirus infection, this neurological syndrome, and its specific treatment. |
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