Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Abstract

To the Editor: We wish to report another case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in the setting of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).¹ A 31-year-old white man was admitted because of confusion, gait disturbance, and urinary incontinence. The symptoms had begun two weeks earlier. The patient had been hospitalized three months previously for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; lymphopenia had subsequently developed. Over the past 12 months he had been evaluated in our clinic for weight loss, fever, and myalgia. His history was notable for intravenous and oral drug abuse, given up two years before the current admission. He was married and denied . . .