Acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus infection in a patient with multiple sclerosis: could these conditions positively influence each other's course?


Journal

Journal of neurovirology
ISSN: 1538-2443
Titre abrégé: J Neurovirol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9508123

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 2020
Historique:
received: 22 01 2020
accepted: 24 06 2020
revised: 10 06 2020
pubmed: 17 7 2020
medline: 30 10 2021
entrez: 17 7 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection have a decreased risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) and MS patients very rarely contract HIV infection. We report on a 35-year-old woman with relapsing-remitting MS, who acquired HIV infection 8 years after MS onset. During 7 years of follow-up without combined antiretroviral therapy (cART), CD4+ counts decreased and HIV viremia increased progressively, but slightly. These trends reverted after starting cART, with optimal viro-immunological control. While the patient had many MS relapses before acquiring HIV infection, she had then only one relapse, shortly after HIV infection, despite irregular or no MS therapy. This case contributes to the discussion about MS and HIV potential interactions and describes for the first time the effects of the MS-targeting drug natalizumab in an HIV-positive patient.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32671809
doi: 10.1007/s13365-020-00876-7
pii: 10.1007/s13365-020-00876-7
doi:

Substances chimiques

Immunologic Factors 0
Natalizumab 0
RNA, Viral 0
Glatiramer Acetate 5M691HL4BO

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

957-960

Auteurs

Ilaria Mainardi (I)

Department of Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, via Stamira d'Ancona 20, 20127, Milan, Italy. ila.maina@hotmail.it.

Maria Teresa Ferrò (MT)

Neuroimmunology, Center for Multiple Sclerosis, ASST, Crema, Italy.

Matteo Gastaldi (M)

Neuroimmunology Laboratory, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy.

Diego Franciotta (D)

Neuroimmunology Laboratory, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy.

Paola Cinque (P)

Department of Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, via Stamira d'Ancona 20, 20127, Milan, Italy.

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