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Neurologic Abnormalities in HIV-1 Infected Children in the Era of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy

BACKGROUND: Pediatric HIV-1 infection is associated with neurologic abnormalities. In recent years, the neurological outcome of HIV-1 infected children has substantially improved with combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). However, data regarding the long-term effect of cART and neurologic outco...

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Autores principales: van Arnhem, Lotus A., Bunders, Madeleine J., Scherpbier, Henriette J., Majoie, Charles B. L. M., Reneman, Liesbeth, Frinking, Olivier, Poll-The, Bwee Tien, Kuijpers, Taco W., Pajkrt, Dasja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3654960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23691211
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064398
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Pediatric HIV-1 infection is associated with neurologic abnormalities. In recent years, the neurological outcome of HIV-1 infected children has substantially improved with combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). However, data regarding the long-term effect of cART and neurologic outcome are limited. METHODS: In the Pediatric Amsterdam Cohort on HIV-1 study, 59 perinatally HIV-1 infected children were evaluated from 1992–2010. All children underwent neurological examination and neuro-imaging studies, including CT-scan and/or MRI imaging. Fisher exact and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to compare clinical deviations of neuro-imaging studies with HIV-1 related parameters, including CD4(+) T cell count, HIV-1 viral load in blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and duration of cART as well as neurological examination. RESULTS: Abnormal neurologic examinations in these HIV-1 infected children included language impairment (22%), abnormal muscle tone (hyper/hypotonia) (14%) and delay in reaching developmental milestones (12%). Ventricular enlargement and sulcal widening (29%) and white matter lesions (38%) were prominent findings. White matter lesions were positively correlated with HIV-1 viral load levels. In a small follow-up sub study white matter lesions did not improve while children with ventricular enlargement and sulcal widening showed improvements whilst being treated with cART. CONCLUSIONS: In the current era of cART HIV-1 infected children still frequently show neurological impairments together with abnormal neuro-imaging.