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Encephalopathy and cytomegalovirus colitis in an AIDS child.

Abstract
A 2-year-old girl, who had prolonged thrush and spastic diplegia, was found to have a mother-to-child vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV). A brain computed tomography scan revealed a symmetrical calcification on the bilateral basal ganglia and periventricular white matter. She had an acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) encephalopathy of pure dominant pyramidal tract disorder without an intellectual deficit. Helper cell lymphocyte count (CD4) increased with the beginning of zidovudine (ZDV, also known as AZT) monotherapy but began to decrease after the 4th week to reach the baseline at 20th week. Zidovudine plus didanosine combination therapy was started at the 68th week, but because of intolerance, the combination was changed to ZDV plus lamivudine at the 98th week. By the 80th week, neither severe opportunistic infection nor deterioration of the neurological status was recognized, but chronic diarrhea appeared. The diarrhea advanced to the wasting syndrome at the age of 4 years and cytomegalovirus genome was confirmed in a biopsied specimen of the colon. Ganciclovir treatment was effective in stopping the diarrhea and increasing her bodyweight, but after the age of 5, resumption of diarrhea was followed by progressive emaciation and weakness. This work may provide some clues in treating children's AIDS.
AuthorsM Togawa, M Shiomi, K Okawa, Y Kobayashi, K Fujita, R Murata
JournalActa paediatrica Japonica : Overseas edition (Acta Paediatr Jpn) Vol. 40 Issue 5 Pg. 515-22 (Oct 1998) ISSN: 0374-5600 [Print] Australia
PMID9821720 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • Antiviral Agents
Topics
  • AIDS Dementia Complex (complications, drug therapy)
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections (complications, drug therapy)
  • Anti-HIV Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Antiviral Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Child, Preschool
  • Colitis (complications, virology)
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections (complications, drug therapy)
  • Female
  • HIV Infections (complications, drug therapy, transmission)
  • HIV-1
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
  • Japan

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