Failure of cytarabine and increased JC virus-DNA burden in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with AIDS-related progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy

AIDS. 1994 Jul;8(7):1022-4.

Authors

A Antinori, A De Luca, A Ammassari, A Cingolani, R Murri, G Colosimo, R Roselli, M Scerrati, E Tamburrini

PMID: 7946093

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / cerebrospinal fluid
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy*
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
Adult
Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
Cytarabine / pharmacology*
DNA, Viral / cerebrospinal fluid*
Fatal Outcome
Humans
JC Virus / isolation & purification*
Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / cerebrospinal fluid
Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / drug therapy*
Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / microbiology
Male
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Treatment Failure

Substances

DNA, Viral
Cytarabine