A 25-year-old male drug addict presented with a rapidly progressive ascending tetraplegia, requiring assisted ventilation. One month earlier he had fever (40 degrees C) and asthenia. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination showed elevated albumin level and albuminocytologic dissociation. HIV testing was positive in both serum and CSF. Plasma exchange therapy only partially improved the symptomatology. After five months the patient remained with a moderate tetraparesis. Differences between this and other cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome in HIV-seropositive patients reported in the literature are discussed.

Acute Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with asymptomatic HIV infection / D. Franciotta, R. Brustia, L. Minoli, G. Bono, M. Ceroni, A. Parisi, G. Melzi d'Eril. - In: ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. - ISSN 0001-6314. - 14:1(1992), pp. 66-70.

Acute Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with asymptomatic HIV infection

G. Melzi d'Eril
1992

Abstract

A 25-year-old male drug addict presented with a rapidly progressive ascending tetraplegia, requiring assisted ventilation. One month earlier he had fever (40 degrees C) and asthenia. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination showed elevated albumin level and albuminocytologic dissociation. HIV testing was positive in both serum and CSF. Plasma exchange therapy only partially improved the symptomatology. After five months the patient remained with a moderate tetraparesis. Differences between this and other cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome in HIV-seropositive patients reported in the literature are discussed.
Settore BIO/12 - Biochimica Clinica e Biologia Molecolare Clinica
1992
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