Neurologic Complications in Treated HIV-1 Infection

Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2016 Jul;16(7):62. doi: 10.1007/s11910-016-0666-1.

Abstract

Effective combination antiretroviral therapy has transformed HIV infection into a chronic disease, with HIV-infected individuals living longer and reaching older age. Neurological disease remains common in treated HIV, however, due in part to ongoing inflammation and immune activation that persist in chronic infection. In this review, we highlight recent developments in our understanding of several clinically relevant neurologic complications that can occur in HIV infection despite treatment, including HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders, symptomatic CSF escape, cerebrovascular disease, and peripheral neuropathy.

Keywords: HIV infection; Neurological complications; Viral suppression.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • HIV-1 / drug effects
  • HIV-1 / pathogenicity*
  • Humans
  • Nervous System Diseases / etiology*