Epstein-Barr Encephalitis in a Child with Congenital Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Case Report Calling for No Forgetfulness-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Epstein-Barr Encephalitis in a Child with Congenital Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Case Report Calling for No Forgetfulness

Published:2020-02-17 Issue:1 Volume:18 Page:63-66
ISSN:1570-162X
Container-title:Current HIV Research
language:en
Short-container-title:CHR

Author:

Tsiatsiou Olga¹,Papachristou Savvas²,Papadimitriou Eleni¹,Michailidou Elisavet¹,Chatzidimitriou Dimitrios³,Papa Anna³,Doulioglou Vai⁴,Karyda Stavroula⁴,Antachopoulos Charalampos²,Roilides Emmanuel²

Affiliation:

1. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, 1st and 3rd Departments of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University School of Health Sciences, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

2. 3rd Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University School of Health Sciences, Hippokration General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

3. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

4. Department of Pediatrics, G. Genimatas General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Abstract

Background: In resource-rich settings, the rate of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has dramatically decreased by virtue of a combination of preventive strategies during the last two decades. Case Presentation: We present a case of progressive developmental milestone loss in a toddler with previously unknown congenitally acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, complicated by an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) coinfection. Conclusion: Our report underscores the differential diagnosis between HIV encephalopathy and EBV encephalitis and the vertical transmission of the HIV infection, which constitutes an alarming issue in terms of public health.

Publisher

Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.

Subject

Virology,Infectious Diseases

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