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New-onset seizures associated with HIV infection

From the Neurology Unit (Drs. G. Modi, Martinus, and Saffer), Department of Medicine, and the Department of Radiology (Dr. M. Modi), Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, and the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Address correspondence and reprint request to Dr G. Modi, P0 Box 909, Lenasia 1820, South Africa.

The authors studied new-onset seizures in 60 heterosexual black South African HIV-infected patients who had not used IV drugs. An intracranial space-occupying lesion was identified in 53% of patients, meningitis in 22%, and no additional cause in 25%. Of the patients with an identifiable cause, 64% had probable tuberculosis (tuberculoma or tuberculous meningitis). The majority of patients had late-stage HIV infection (CD4 counts <200/mm³).–1560

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