[Central Neurological Diagnosis in Patients Infected with HIV in the Infectious Diseases Unit of University Hospital of Casablanca, Morocco].

[Central Neurological Diagnosis in Patients Infected with HIV in the Infectious Diseases Unit of University Hospital of Casablanca, Morocco]. Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2018;111(1):24-30 Authors: El Fane M, Sodqi M, Lamdini H, Marih L, Lahsen AO, Chakib A, El Filali KM Abstract The aim of this work is to study the epidemiology of central neurological system (CNS) diagnosed in the population of people living with HIV in the department of infectious diseases in UHC Ibn Rochd of Casablanca from January 2005 to May 2015. The demographic and clinical profile along with the outcome of these patients were studied. The data were collected from Nadis software. Three hundred and eighty-seven patients were admitted for CNS diagnosis, out of 3496 people living with HIV admitted during this time period, i.e., a prevalence of 11%. The sex ratio (M/F) was 1.27. The average age was 39 years (± 7). Neurological involvement was indicative of HIV infection in 225 cases (68.8%). Neurological disorders were dominated by headache (70%), focal neurological syndrome (35%), and meningeal syndrome (30%). CNS diagnosis noted were CNS tuberculosis (37%), cerebral toxoplasmosis (30%), and cryptococcal meningitis (20%). The median CD4 T-lymphocyte was 184 cells/mm3. Infection with severe immunosuppression was progressive multifocal leucoencephalitis, cryptococcal meningitis, and primary cerebral lymphoma. Lethality was 39%. In the department of infectious diseases of...
Source: Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique - Category: Tropical Medicine Tags: Bull Soc Pathol Exot Source Type: research