Patient | Gender | Age, (years) | Job | Duration of illness (days) | Test sample | Presenting symptoms | Presenting sign(s) | Initiation treatment and maintenance therapy | Hospitalization time | Initial ART time and regimen | Outcomes and followed up |
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1 | Male | 37 | Farmer | 30 | CSF | Headache, nausea, vomiting, irritability, unconsciousness, fever | Neck stiffness | Amphotericin B for 38 days (0.5 mg/kg/day) followed by oral itraconazole (400 mg/day) for 10 weeks. Itraconazole (200 mg/day) | September 1, 2009 | Mar 2007 AZT/3TC/NVP | Improved |
2 | Female | 38 | Farmer | 60 | CSF | Dizziness, eyes distention, limbs fatigue | – | Amphotericin B for 42 days (0.5 mg/kg/day) followed by oral itraconazole (400 mg/day) for 10 weeks. Itraconazole (200 mg/day) | January 20, 2010 | Sep 2003 AZT/3TC/NVP | Improved |
3 | Male | 36 | Farmer | 30 | CSF and blood | Fever, right limb dyskinesia | A muscle power 4 out of 5 for right limbs, skin lesion and oral mucosal papules | Amphotericin B for 31 days (0.5 mg/kg/day) followed by oral itraconazole (400 mg/day) for 10 weeks. Itraconazole (200 mg/day) | May 31, 2100 | Initial 28 days after hospitalization D4T/3TC/EFV | Improved |
4 | Male | 47 | Farmer | 30 | CSF | Headache, lower limb dyskinesia, hearing loss and diplopia | A muscle power 3 out of 5 for both lower limbs | Amphotericin B for 30 days (0.5 mg/kg/day) followed by oral itraconazole (400 mg/day) for 10 weeks. Itraconazole (200 mg/day) | April 16, 2013 | Initial 29 days after hospitalization AZT/3TC/LPV/r | Improved |
5 | Male | 46 | Farmer | 30 | CSF | Dizziness, nausea, vomiting, drowsiness | A muscle power 3 out of 5 for right lower limb | Amphotericin B for 34 days (0.5 mg/kg/day) followed by oral itraconazole (400 mg/day) for 10 weeks. Itraconazole (200 mg/day) | January 7, 2015 | Jul 2010 AZT/3TC/NVP | Improved |
6 | Male | 30 | Unemployment | 60 | CSF | Dizziness, lower extremity fatigue | A muscle power 4 out of 5 for right lower limb | Amphotericin B for 23 days (0.5 mg/kg/day) followed by oral itraconazole (400 mg/day) for 10 weeks. Itraconazole (200 mg/day) | January 23, 2015 | Dec 2005 AZT/3TC/EFV | Improved |
7 | Female | 34 | Worker | 90 | CSF and urine | Fever, headache, Left upper limb dyskinesia | A muscle power 3 out of 5 for left upper limb | Amphotericin B for 40 days (0.5 mg/kg/day) followed by oral itraconazole (400 mg/day) for 10 weeks. Itraconazole (200 mg/day) | May 9, 2012 | Initial 18 days after hospitalization AZT/3TC/EFV | Improved |
8 | Female | 24 | Farmer | 20 | CSF, blood and bone marrow | Fever, dizziness, weight loss, anorexia, convulsions and coma | Anemia, skin lesion, oral mucosal papules and enlargement of neck lymph node | Fluconazole for 6 days (400 mg/day) | March 7, 2013 | – | Deterioration and dead |
9 | Male | 33 | Farmer | 120 | CSF | Fever, headache, drowsiness | – | Amphotericin B for 24 days (0.5 mg/kg/day) followed by oral itraconazole (400 mg/day) for 10 weeks | September 17, 2015 | May 2015 AZT/3TC/EFV | Improved but died of unknown causes 1 year after discharge |
10 | Male | 43 | Unemployment | 7 | CSF | Limbs fatigue, headache, vomiting, urinary incontinence | Neck stiffness and a muscle power 1 out of 5 for both lower limbs | Fluconazole for 29 days (400 mg/day). Fluconazole (200 mg/day) | October 19, 2011 | Oct 2007 D4T/3TC/NVP | Improved but died of unknown causes half a year after discharge |