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A new complication of AIDS: thoracic myelitis caused by herpes simplex virus
- Source :
- Neurology. 35(7)
- Publication Year :
- 1985
-
Abstract
- Progressive thoracic myelopathy occurred in a patient with AIDS. Concurrent opportunistic infections included disseminated systemic cytomegalovirus, aspergillosis, and cutaneous herpes simplex virus (HSV). At autopsy, immune stains indicated that the myelopathy was caused by HSV type 2 infection of the spinal cord.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
viruses
Myelitis
Autopsy
medicine.disease_cause
Aspergillosis
Myelopathy
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Immunopathology
medicine
Humans
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
business.industry
Brain
Herpes Simplex
Thorax
medicine.disease
Herpes simplex virus
Spinal Cord
Cytomegalovirus Infections
Neurology (clinical)
Viral disease
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00283878
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Neurology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3ef81be0c2616804c230be7bed3d3f4b