Терапевтический архив (Nov 2016)

A case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a HIV-infected female patient

  • E A Samotolkina,
  • A V Pokrovskaya,
  • E S Samotolkina,
  • S L Voznesensky,
  • E V Petrova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17116/terarkh2016881191-93
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 88, no. 11
pp. 91 – 93

Abstract

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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) caused by JC virus is a severe central nervous lesion developing in the presence of obvious immunodeficiency. In most cases, the disease results in a fatal outcome within a few months. Antiretroviral therapy is currently considered to be the only method for the prevention and treatment of PML in HIV-infected patients. The paper describes a positive experience in treating the HIV-infected female patient with the established diagnosis of PML.

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