West Nile virus meningitis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection

D Pilalas; L Skoura; A Margariti; D Chatzidimitriou; A Sarantopoulos; O Tsachouridou; A Papa; S Metallidis

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2017.05.018

West Nile virus meningitis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection

New Microbes New Infect. 2017 Jun 7:19:126-128. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2017.05.018. eCollection 2017 Sep.

Authors

D Pilalas¹, L Skoura², A Margariti², D Chatzidimitriou², A Sarantopoulos³, O Tsachouridou¹, A Papa⁴, S Metallidis¹

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases Division, 1st Department of Internal Medicine, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece.
² National AIDS Reference Centre of Northern Greece-Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece.
³ Clinical Immunology Unit, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece.
⁴ National Reference Laboratory for Arboviruses-Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Abstract

The emergence of West Nile virus lineage 2 in central Macedonia, Greece, in 2010 resulted in large outbreaks for 5 consecutive years. We report a case of viral meningitis in an individual infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1, which preceded the recognition of the outbreak and was confirmed retrospectively as West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease.

Keywords: Case report; Greece; Human immunodeficiency virus; West Nile virus.