"Cytomegalovirus Infection of the Brain in AIDS: A Clinicopathological Study."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Acta Neuropathologica, "Based on neuropathological findings, a retrospective case control study of 39 patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and confirmed cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection of the brain is presented. Since 1989, the incidence of cerebral infections in AIDS autopsy material has increased progressively and, in 1994, CMV was the most frequent opportunistic central nervous system (CNS) infection. Of the patients with CMV infections of the brain 16 had one or more coexisting secondary opportunistic and/or tumorous lesions in the CNS. Cerebral involvement by CMV was more frequent in patients with...

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