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NEUROLOGY 2005;65:759-761
© 2005 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

Ischemic stroke in young HIV-positive patients in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

V. B. Patel, FCN(SA), Z. Sacoor, MBChB(Natal), P. Francis, FCN(SA), P.L.A. Bill, FRCP, A. I. Bhigjee, FRCP, MD and C. Connolly, MSc (Biostatistics)

From the Department of Neurology (Drs. Patel, Sacoor, Francis, Bill, and Bhigjee), Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Mayville; and the Department of Biostatistics (C. Connolly), Medical Research Council, Durban, South Africa.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Patel, Department of Neurology, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Private Bag X03, Mayville, 4058, South Africa; e-mail: vinodpat{at}ialch.co.za

Cerebrovascular disease occurs in HIV-positive individuals, but no relationship between the two has been established. The authors reviewed a cohort of patients aged 15 to 44 years to evaluate stroke in HIV-positive and negative subjects. Patients who were HIV-positive with no other identifiable etiology were compared to age- and race-matched HIV-negative patients. HIV-positive and HIV-negative groups did not differ in angiographic, cardiac, or serologic tests. A positive HIV test does not provide causal information or diagnosis.

Received September 16, 2004. Accepted in final form May 17, 2005.

Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest.




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