Fatal Measles Inclusion-Body Encephalitis in Adult with Untreated AIDS, France

Fatal Measles Inclusion-Body Encephalitis in Adult with Untreated AIDS, France

We report a fatal case of measles inclusion-body encephalitis occurring in a woman from Romania with AIDS. After an extensive but unsuccessful diagnostic evaluation, a pan-pathogen shotgun metagenomic approach revealed a measles virus infection. We identified no mutations previously associated with...

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Main Authors: Christophe Rodriguez, Meriadeg Ar Gouilh, Nicolas Weiss, Sébastian Stroer, Karima Mokhtari, Danielle Seilhean, Bertrand Mathon, Vanessa Demontant, Melissa N’Debi, Guillaume Gricourt, Paul-Louis Woerther, Jean-Michel Pawlotsky, Karl Stefic, Julien Marlet, Pierre-François Dequin, Antoine Guillon, Valérie Pourcher, David Boutolleau, Astrid Vabret, Sonia Burrel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
measles inclusion-body encephalitis
MIBE
HIV/AIDS and other retroviruses
meningitis/encephalitis
viruses
brain biopsy
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/9/20-0366_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/9/20-0366_article

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