Clinical Study

Performance of Clinical Criteria for Screening of Possible Antiretroviral Related Mitochondrial Toxicity in HIV-Infected Children in Accra

Table 1

Modified mitochondrial disease criteria and Enquête Périnatale Française.

MDC

Muscular symptoms
 (i) Progressive external ophthalmoplegia
 (ii) Ptosis, facies myopathica
 (iii) Exercise intolerance
 (iv) Reduced muscle power or muscular hypotonia <6 months
 (v) Acute rhabdomyolysis
 (vi) Abnormal EMG*
CNS symptoms
 (i) Delayed or absent psychomotor development or mental retardation
 (ii) Loss of acquired skills
 (iii) Stroke like episodes
 (iv) Seizures
 (v) Migraine
 (vi) Myoclonus or myoclonic epilepsy
 (vii) Cortical blindness
 (viii) Pyramidal tract involvement (increased muscle tone, opisthotonus, increased DTR, and upward Babinski)
 (ix) Extrapyramidal involvement (athetosis, dystonia, and involuntary movement)
 (x) Brainstem involvement
 (xi) Cerebellar involvement (ataxia, intention tremor, and dysdiadochokinesis)
Multisystem symptoms
 (i) Sideroblastic anemia
 (ii) Pancytopenia
 (iii) Hepatic dysfunction
 (iv) FTT
 (v) Pancreatic dysfunction
 (vi) Intestinal pseudo-obstruction
 (vii) >3 weeks chronic diarrhea
 (viii) Short stature (<−2 SD or <3rd%)
 (ix) Delayed puberty
 (x) DM I or II
 (xi) Hypoparathyroidism
 (xii) Central DI
 (xiii) Hypertrophic or dilated cardiomyopathy
 (xiv) Conduction block
 (xv) Proximal tubular dysfunction
 (xvi) FSGS
 (xvii) Cataracts
 (xviii) Retinopathy
 (xix) Optic atrophy
 (xx) Sensorineural hearing loss
 (xxi) Exacerbation of any of the above symptoms with minor illness
 (xxii) Sudden unexplained infant death in family history
Metabolic labs*
 (i) Elevated lactate >2000 umol/L on 3 occasions
 (ii) Elevated L/P ratio >18
 (iii) Alanine >450 umol/L
 (iv) CSF lactate >1800 umol/L
 (v) CSF protein
 (vi) CSF alanine
 (vii) Elevated urine amino acids or lactate
 (viii) Urine ethylmalonic acid or 3-methylglutaconic acid or dicarbonic acids
 (ix) Abnormal muscle bx,
 (x) Abnormal brain MRI

EPF

Major criteria
 (i) Nonfebrile seizures
 (ii) Febrile seizures (>2 episodes or 1 episode in child <6 months)
 (iii) Peripheral neuropathy
 (iv) Acquired microcephaly
 (v) Cranial nerve paresis
 (vi) Impaired cognitive development ( >1 y)
 (vii) Cerebellar dysfunction and ataxia
 (viii) Motor disabilities, paraparesis, spasticity
 (ix) Abnormalities on MRI or CT scan*
 (x) Pancreatitis
 (xi) Cardiomyopathy
 (xii) Myopathy
 (xiii) Decrease in visual acuity, retinopathy
 (xiv) Abnormal ocular motor function
 (xv) Nystagmus
 (xvi) Deafness
 (xvii) Unexplained death
Minor criteria
 (i) Febrile seizures
 (ii) Isolated changes in muscle tone (hypo or hyper)
 (iii) Behavioral disturbances and hyperactivity disorder
 (iv) Moderate cognitive delay
 (v) Increase in transaminase levels
 (vi) Persistent anemia, neutropenia, or thrombopenia
 (vii) Tubular defect (renal)

Criteria not used in this study.