Iopamidol-induced meningoencephalopathy in an HIV-seropositive patient.

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University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Stroup); and Department of Internal Medicine, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Stephens, Baker).

Published: January 2007

Central nervous system infectious and metabolic abnormalities are common in HIV-positive patients. Drug therapy, opportunistic infections, the clinical course of HIV disease itself, and very rarely iodinated radiographic contrast agents can all be linked to these abnormalities. The following case describes an HIV-seropositive patient who developed encephalopathy after undergoing a cervical myelogram that utilized iopamidol dye (Isovue-M 300 mg/mL).

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1769533PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08998280.2007.11928234DOI Listing

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