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Neuroborreliosis in an HIV-1 Positive Patient

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Simultaneous co-infections of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and HIV-1 are rare events, with only six published cases. A case of acute neuroborreliosis with facial palsy, meningoradiculitis (Bannwarth’s syndrome) in an HIV-1 positive individual is described. Diagnosis was confirmed by Western immunoblot analysis of serum and CSF and by proof of intrathecal production of antibodies against B. garinii. The patient was successfully treated with cefotaxime. In all published HIV+ cases, the course of borreliosis did not differ from that of the HIV negative population and the prognosis in properly treated patients was good.

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  1. Dept. of Neurology, Charles University in Prague, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, V Uvalu 84, 150 06, Praha 5, Czech Republic

    R. Černý

  2. Dept. of Neurology, Charles University in Prague, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic

    M. Bojar

  3. AIDS Centrum Prague, University Hospital Bulovka, Prague, Czech Republic

    L. Machala & H. Rozsypal

  4. Clinic for Infectious Diseases, Charles University in Prague, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Bulovka, Prague, Czech Republic

    D. Pícha

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Černý, R., Machala, L., Bojar, M. et al. Neuroborreliosis in an HIV-1 Positive Patient. Infection 34, 100–102 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-006-4134-8

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