Clinical and Metagenomic Characterization of Neurological Infections of People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Peruvian Amazon.
Hannah E SteinbergPrashanth S RamachandranAndrea DiestraLynn PinchiCusi FerradasDaniela E KirwanMonica M DiazMichael SciaudoneAnnie WapniarskiKelsey C ZornMaritza CalderónLilia CabreraViviana Pinedo-CancinoMichael R WilsonCesar Ramal AsayagRobert H GilmanNatalie M Bowmannull nullPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2023)
An infection was diagnosed by any method in only 34% of participants, demonstrating the challenges of diagnosing neurological opportunistic infections in this population and highlighting the need for broader, more sensitive diagnostic tests for central nervous system infections.