BK Virus Encephalitis in HIV-Infected Patients: Case Report and Review

Encephalitis and meningitis due to BKPyV are unusual and emerging condition. Only a few cases of BKPyV encephalitis have been reported in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, with the majority of cases presenting with concurrent hemorrhagic cystitis and HIV-infected patients. The authors r...

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Autores principales: Antoniolli, Luciana, Borges, Rafael, Goldani, Luciano Z.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5343238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28326104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4307468
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description Encephalitis and meningitis due to BKPyV are unusual and emerging condition. Only a few cases of BKPyV encephalitis have been reported in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, with the majority of cases presenting with concurrent hemorrhagic cystitis and HIV-infected patients. The authors report two HIV-infected patients with the diagnosis of BKPyV encephalitis and discuss the main clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic aspects of this infection in patients with AIDS. Physicians should be aware to recognize the main clinical features and diagnose BKPyV central nervous infection in the setting of AIDS.
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spelling pubmed-53432382017-03-21 BK Virus Encephalitis in HIV-Infected Patients: Case Report and Review Antoniolli, Luciana Borges, Rafael Goldani, Luciano Z. Case Rep Med Case Report Encephalitis and meningitis due to BKPyV are unusual and emerging condition. Only a few cases of BKPyV encephalitis have been reported in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, with the majority of cases presenting with concurrent hemorrhagic cystitis and HIV-infected patients. The authors report two HIV-infected patients with the diagnosis of BKPyV encephalitis and discuss the main clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic aspects of this infection in patients with AIDS. Physicians should be aware to recognize the main clinical features and diagnose BKPyV central nervous infection in the setting of AIDS. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017 2017-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5343238/ /pubmed/28326104 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4307468 Text en Copyright © 2017 Luciana Antoniolli et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5343238/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4307468
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