An anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis mimicking an HIV encephalitis

Publication date: August 2018

Source: Clinical Immunology, Volume 193

Author(s): Fatiha Haneche, Sophie Demeret, Dimitri Psimaras, Christine Katlama, Valérie Pourcher

Abstract

The incidence of HIV associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) were reduced with the use of antiretroviral therapy. In case of neuropsychiatric symptoms, after elimination of all infections, auto-immune encephalitis could be evocated as a differential diagnosis. We describe a case of anti-N-Methyl-d-Aspartate receptor encephalitis in an HIV-1 infected woman.

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