AIDS And the Nervous System

Newly revised and updated, the Second Edition reflects the past eight years' progress in the understanding, recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of neurological syndromes associated with HIV infection. This edition includes a new, separate chapter on HIV-associated spinal cord diseases, discussions of recently identified brain and neuromuscular syndromes, reviews of new research on the neurotropism of HIV, and greatly expanded coverage of the neuropathology of spinal cord diseases, primary HIV-1 infection of the brain, and opportunistic infections and neoplasms. The book presents thoroughly up-to-date guidelines for diagnosis and therapy of cytomegalovirus infection, toxoplasmosis, cryptococcal meningitis, neurosyphilis, rarer opportunistic infections, and opportunistic neoplasms. Also included are updated algorithms for diagnosis and treatment of HIV-infected individuals with neurological symptoms.