Author(s)

Ana Faceira^1,2*, Daniela Magalhães^2,3, Filipa Ceia^2,4, João Nuak^2,5, Carina Reis⁶, Susana Ferreira¹

¹Internal Medicine Department, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal.
²Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
³Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Department, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal.
⁴Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
⁵Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal.
⁶Neuroradiology Department, Hospital de São João, Porto, Portugal.

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system due to the reactivation of the JC virus, which usually occurs in immunocompromised patients and is a major opportunistic infection associated with HIV infection. We report a case of a previously healthy patient who was diagnosed with PML.

Immunosuppression, Immunocompetent, JC Virus, Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy

Faceira, A. , Magalhães, D. , Ceia, F. , Nuak, J. , Reis, C. and Ferreira, S. (2018) Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy—A Case Report in an Immunocompetent Patient. Advances in Infectious Diseases, 8, 10-16. doi: 10.4236/aid.2018.81002.