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Development of myelopathy before herpes zoster rash in a patient with AIDS
E Gómez-Tortosa1, I Gadea, M I Gegúndez
1Department of Neurology, Fundación Jimenez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
We describe the case of a patient with AIDS who developed progressive myelopathy due to varicella-zoster virus 2 months before the appearance of skin lesions typical of herpes zoster. Varicella-zoster virus was isolated from his CSF. Therapy with acyclovir failed to control his neurological complications despite its in vitro efficacy against the isolates.