Management of Neurologic Diseases
Summary
- Certain antiretrovirals, in particular zidovudine, may lead to toxic myopathy[Arnaudo 1991]
- Stavudine can cause HIV-associated neuromuscular weakness syndrome, characterized by rapidly progressive weakness, lactic acidosis, vomiting, weight loss, hepatomegaly, and lipoatrophy[HIV Neuromuscular Syndrome Study Group 2004]
- Infectious myopathy, or pyomyositis, has been described in patients with AIDS[Gherardi 1992; Bélec 1991; O’Neill 1998; Wrzolek 1990]
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