Human immunodeficiency virus-associated vacuolar encephalomyelopathy with granulomatous-lymphocytic interstitial lung disease improved after antiretroviral therapy: a case report

Abstract Background Vacuolar encephalomyelopathy, a disregarded diagnosis lately, was a major neurological disease in the terminal stages of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 infection in the pre-antiretroviral therapy (ART) era. Granulomatous-lymphocytic interstitial lung disease (GLILD) was cla...

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Main Authors: Kazumasa Akagi, Kazuko Yamamoto, Asuka Umemura, Shotaro Ide, Tatsuro Hirayama, Takahiro Takazono, Yoshifumi Imamura, Taiga Miyazaki, Noriho Sakamoto, Hirokazu Shiraishi, Hideaki Takahata, Yoshiaki Zaizen, Junya Fukuoka, Minoru Morikawa, Kazuto Ashizawa, Katsuji Teruya, Koichi Izumikawa, Hiroshi Mukae
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:AIDS Research and Therapy
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12981-020-00295-y