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The worst is yet to come: probable sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a well-controlled HIV patient.

Eurípedes Gomes de Carvalho NetoMatheus Ferreira GomesMarina De OliveiraMaryuris Isabel Niño GueteIuri Pereira SantosMateus Damiani MonteiroFernando Gustavo StelzerFernando KowacsLiselotte Menke Barea
Published in: Prion (2020)
We describe a case of probable sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the setting of well-controlled HIV and discuss whether exist, in fact, HIV-related factors that may predispose to the development of prion disease. To the best of our knowledge, this is the third report of this association.
Keyphrases
  • antiretroviral therapy
  • hiv positive
  • hiv infected
  • hiv testing
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • hepatitis c virus
  • hiv aids
  • men who have sex with men
  • healthcare
  • early onset