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[Compared characteristics of peripheral facial paralysis according to HIV status in Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso)]

Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2000 Apr;93(2):104-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/20321951
Millogo A; Ki-Zerbo GA; Sawadogo AB; Ouedraogo I; Tamini MM; Service de medecine interne, Centre hospitalier national Souro; Sanou, Burkina Faso. athanase_millogo@hotmail.com

Abstract: Facial paralysis is a well-described manifestation of HIV infection. We report 27 cases of peripheral facial paralysis observed at Bobo-Dioulasso Hospital in a prospective study over a period of 9 months: 55 of the cases were HIV positive and 12/15 (80%) were in the 20-39 age group. Nine out of 11 females and 6 out of 16 males were seropositive. 13 of the cases were at stage B of CDC classification and 2 at stage C. ESR was elevated in all the HIV patients. CSF examination revealed lymphocytic pleiocytosis, elevated proteins and a positive HIV serology. CD4 counts were obtained in 8 cases and were under 400/mm3 in 4 cases. The clinical presentation was more severe in HIV seropositives with a longer duration of symptoms. Isolated peripheral facial paralysis associated with an elevated ESR in young adults suggest HIV infection and should lead to HIV counselling and testing.
Keywords: JOURNAL ARTICLE peripheriques selon le statut VIH a Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso). Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS Adult Burkina Faso Comparative Study CD4 Lymphocyte Count English Abstract Facial Paralysis/*COMPLICATIONS Female Human HIV Seropositivity/*COMPLICATIONS Male Peripheral Nervous System Diseases/COMPLICATIONS Prospective StudiesKWDjournalarticleperipheriquesselonlestatutvihabobo-dioulasso(burkinafaso)KWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/complicationsadultburkinafasocomparativestudycd4lymphocytecountenglishabstractfacialparalysis/KWDcomplicationsfemalehumanhivseropositivity/KWDcomplicationsmaleperipheralnervoussystemdiseases/complicationsprospectivestudies
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