TY - JOUR
T1 - Central nervous system opportunistic infections in HIV-1 infection
AU - Concha, Mauricio
AU - Rabinstein, Alejandro
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Neurologic disease is commonly encountered in the population infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Although HIV-1 is responsible for many of these neurologic complications, other organisms will affect the nervous system as the immune deficiency state progresses. With the wide use of potent antiretroviral therapy, the mortality from and incidence of opportunistic infections (OIs) among persons with advanced HIV-1 infection has decreased. Nevertheless, these diseases are still seen frequently, especially among those with limited access to new antiretroviral therapies. Therefore, it remains important to recognize the most common OIs of the central nervous system (CNS) as well as primary CNS lymphoma, which will be the focus of this review.
AB - Neurologic disease is commonly encountered in the population infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Although HIV-1 is responsible for many of these neurologic complications, other organisms will affect the nervous system as the immune deficiency state progresses. With the wide use of potent antiretroviral therapy, the mortality from and incidence of opportunistic infections (OIs) among persons with advanced HIV-1 infection has decreased. Nevertheless, these diseases are still seen frequently, especially among those with limited access to new antiretroviral therapies. Therefore, it remains important to recognize the most common OIs of the central nervous system (CNS) as well as primary CNS lymphoma, which will be the focus of this review.
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U2 - 10.1017/S1092852900013110
DO - 10.1017/S1092852900013110
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0034101623
SN - 1092-8529
VL - 5
SP - 43
EP - 60
JO - CNS Spectrums
JF - CNS Spectrums
IS - 4
ER -