Table 1.

Summary of the Most Common Peripheral Nervous System Presentations for Selected Organisms.

Organism	Clinical Presentation
Viruses
HIV
Early disease	Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy Mononeuropathy multiplex Cranial neuropathy
Advanced disease	Distal symmetric polyneuropathy
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus	HTLV-l-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis Polyneuropathies with autonomic disturbances Motor neuron disease Myasthenia gravis-like syndrome
Herpes simplex virus	Sacral radiculitis
Varicella-zoster virus	Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy Postherpetic neuralgia Motor neuropathy Cranial neuropathy Myeloradiculitis
Cytomegalovirus	Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy Myeloradiculopathy Mononeuritis multiplex Distal peripheral neuropathy
Epstein-Barr virus	Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy Myeloradiculitis Encephalomyeloradiculitis
West Nile Virus	Flaccid paralysis Demyelinatine polyneuropathy
Hepatitis C virus	Axonal sensory polyneuropathy
Rabies virus	Acute flaccid paralysis of affected limb
Bacteria and mycobacteria
Borrelia burgdorferi	Radiculopathy Cranial neuropathy Mononeuropathy Polyneuropathy
Corynebacterium diphtheriae	Neuropathy of the soft palate Cranial neuropathy Distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy
Campylobacter jejuni	Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
Mycobacterium tuberculosis	Cranial neuropathy Compressive radiculopathy
Mycobacterium leprae	Mononeuropathy Distal symmetric polyneuropathy
Brucella spp.	Cranial neuropathy Radiculopathy Peripheral neuropathy
Clostridium botulinum	Symmetric descending paralysis

Abbreviation: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.