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JC virus-induced progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a presumably healthy patient

BMC Neurology, 2022
Background JC virus (JCV) is common among healthy individuals and remains latent but may be reactivated under immunosuppressive conditions, resulting in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML).
Xiang Wang, Jinxiu Chen, Jing Gong, Ying Wu, Xiang-hao Liu   +4 more
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy therapy [PDF]

Journal of NeuroVirology, 2014
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is caused by the JC virus in the setting of chronic immune deficiency. Developing therapy has been challenged by the rarity of the disease as well as the complexity of patients in whom it develops. Several small trials directed at presumptive antiviral therapies have failed to show convincing clinical ...
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Real‐World Safety and Effectiveness of Glatiramer Acetate in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis: Final Results of Post‐Marketing Surveillance in Japan

Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Glatiramer acetate is an injectable disease‐modifying therapy indicated for multiple sclerosis (MS). Aim To evaluate the real‐world safety and effectiveness of glatiramer acetate for MS in Japan. Methods A prospective, multicenter, observational, all‐case post‐marketing survey was conducted in Japan between November 2015 and March ...
Masaaki Niino, Eriko Hayashi, Mai Itani, Jun‐ichi Kira   +3 more
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in an HIV patient: A case report and literature review

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Key Clinical Message Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare opportunistic infection of the brain caused by reactivation of the JC virus, which can lead to a lytic infection of oligodendrocytes.
Ting Lei, Ai Deng, Lianchi Li, Ming Wang, Dongbo Wu, Taoyou Zhou   +5 more
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Infection control in the brain and the eye

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract The Central Nervous System (CNS), comprising the brain and the eye, is considered to have a ‘privileged’ mechanism for dealing with immunological challenge (immune privilege, IP). CNS IP has been revealed through experiments using foreign protein antigens and cell and tissue alloantigens (grafts), but evidence for a role for IP in modulating ...
John V. Forrester, Paul G. McMenamin, Samantha J. Dando   +2 more
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Probable sepsis‐associated encephalopathy as a component of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in a cat with pyothorax

Australian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
A 2‐year‐old male neutered domestic shorthair cat with bacterial pyothorax was referred to a tertiary hospital for treatment of sepsis. He met criteria for multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and developed new‐onset neurological dysfunction subsequent to the development of sepsis.
CC Chan, CR Sharp, CJ Boyd
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Killing Two Birds With One Stone: Effective Control of Both Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy With Atezolizumab, A Case Report

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Treating patients with cancer complicated by severe opportunistic infections is particularly challenging since classical cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy, often induce profound immune suppression and, as a result, may favor infection progression ...
Nicolas Lambert, Nicolas Lambert, Majdouline El Moussaoui, Caroline Ritacco, Martin Moïse, Martin Moïse, Astrid Paulus, Philippe Delvenne, Frédéric Baron, Frédéric Baron, Bernard Sadzot, Pierre Maquet   +11 more
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Brainstem progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

European Journal of Neurology, 2020
AbstractBackground and purposeProgressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a severe infection caused by the polyomavirus JC that develops in the central nervous system (CNS) of immunosuppressed patients. The infection frequently starts in the brain hemispheres and can spread into other CNS regions such as the brainstem.
Gautier Breville, Igor J. Koralnik, Patrice H. Lalive   +2 more
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Inborn errors of immunity in children with neuroinflammation

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Abstract Inborn errors of immunity (IEIs), an expanding group of monogenic disorders with diverse clinical manifestations, are increasingly recognized to include neuroinflammatory disease. Examples of diseases included under this umbrella are Aicardi–Goutières syndrome, deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2, familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis ...
Eppie M Yiu, Dilan Dissanayake, Jessie Cunningham, Helen Branson, Ori Scott, E Ann Yeh   +5 more
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Cerebellar Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy Mimicking Anti-Yo-Antibody-Associated Rapidly Progressive Cerebellar Syndrome

Neurology International, 2023
A 58-year-old woman with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who was taking prednisolone and mycophenolate mofetil presented with gait disturbances that progressively worsened over a period of 3 months. Her blood test and cerebrospinal fluid (
Takayoshi Akimoto, Makoto Hara, Satoshi Hirose, Kazuo Nakamichi, Hideto Nakajima   +4 more
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