Abstract
Background Most of the studies on the neurological manifestations in HIV patients in India were cross sectional in design, and focus on the etiological agents. We report data on the frequency of neurological manifestations, associations with CD4 counts, and outcome of its various presentations in a 3-year prospective hospital-based study. Methods All HIV-infected patients attending the Infectious Disease clinic for various neurological manifestations between Jan 2001 and December 2003 were included in the study. Their clinical details, treatment received, and response to treatment were accessed and analyzed. Results During this period, 57 had some neurological manifestations and made 145 clinic visits, with 158 distinct episodes of neurological related symptoms, giving a crude rate of 307 neurological episodes per 1000 person year of observation Conclusion Opportunistic infections were the leading cause of neurological disorders in our study population. Apart from Central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis, other CNS diseases were good predictor of the advanced HIV infection (CD4
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