Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Polyradiculopathy: An Important "AIDS-Defining" Illness Complication.

We present a case of cytomegalovirus (CMV) polyradiculopathy which occurred concomitantly with CMV encephalitis and CMV retinitis in a patient with HIV/AIDS. Our patient is a 43-year-old male who was admitted with progressive changes in mentation. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis showed elevated white blood cell (WBC), low glucose, and elevated protein.

A Role for Maternal Factors in Suppressing Cytoplasmic Incompatibility.

are maternally transmitted bacterial endosymbionts, carried by approximately half of all insect species. prevalence in nature stems from manipulation of host reproduction to favor the success of infected females. The best known reproductive modification induced by is referred to as sperm-egg Cytoplasmic Incompatibility (CI).