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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-4-17
pubmed:abstractText
The relationship between the presence and severity of AIDS dementia complex (ADC) and the levels of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNA in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were assessed. Nineteen patients with ADC (stages 1-3), 6 without ADC (group 1), and 10 (group 2) without ADC but with cryptococcal meningitis or progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy were studied. There was a significant relationship between increasing CSF virus burden and ADC severity (P = .0006) but not with plasma burden and ADC severity. In group 2, CSF HIV-1 RNA levels in patients with cryptococcal meningitis were elevated. These results show that CSF HIV-1 RNA concentrations correlate well with ADC severity but may also be increased by central nervous system infections, such as cryptococcal meningitis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
175
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
963-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Levels of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in cerebrospinal fluid correlate with AIDS dementia stage.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of HIV Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't