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. 2017 May 23;8:577. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00577

Table 4.

Proposed diagnostic criteria for AIDS-related PML-IRIS.

  • (i)

    HIV infection

  • (ii)

    Close temporal relationship between cART initiation and disease onset

  • (iii)

    cART resulting in a decrease in plasma HIV VL > 1 log10 at the onset or worsening of neurological symptoms

  • (iv)

    Diagnosis of PML by detection of JCV DNA in CSF or brain tissue

  • (v)

    Evidence of an inflammatory reaction demonstrated by MRI and/or CNS histopathology

  • (vi)

    Symptoms could not be explained by a newly acquired infection, the expected course of PML or another opportunistic infection or drug toxicity