PMID: 25745699Mar 10, 2015Paper

Mirtazapine and mefloquine therapy for non-AIDS-related progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

WMJ : Official Publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin
Narendranath EpperlaSteven H Yale

Abstract

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is an opportunistic infection of the human nervous system caused by the JC virus. We report what is, to the best of our knowledge, the second reported case using a combination of mefloquine and mirtazapine in a patient with non-AIDS-related PML with a good clinical outcome. Conversely, the recent trial of mefloquine in 21 patients with AIDS and 3 without AIDS failed to show a reduction of JC viral DNA levels in the cerebral spinal fluid. However, the positive clinical response seen in our patient after the initiation of this combination therapy suggests that further studies in the form of randomized controlled trials for the treatment of non-AIDS-related PML are warranted.

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