Prevalence of CNS lesions in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and HIV infection

Conclusion: the risk of CNS damage is higher in patients who did not receive antiretroviral therapy when the number of CD4 lymphocytes ≤ 100; the most common etiology of CNS is tuberculosis; for patients who did not receive antiretroviral therapy with CD4 ≤100, it is necessary to include brain neuroimaging techniques and the study of cerebrospinal fluid in the diagnostic algorithm.

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Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 20, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Stavitskaya, N., Smerdin, S., Pashukhin, A., Chernova, I. Tags: Tuberculosis Source Type: research