Wernicke’s Encephalopathy: An Unusual Consequence of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome—Case Report and Literature Review

Table 1

Reported cases of Wernicke’s encephalopathy.

Author	Year	Age	Antemortem diagnosis	Initial complaint	Other findings	Alcoholism
Foresti	1987	26	No	NR	Malnutrition	No
Davtyan	1987	46	No	Diarrhea, cough, weakness	Seizure, GI bleeding	No
Soffer	1989	40	Yes	Fever and cough	PCP pneumonia, Candida meningitis	No
Schwenk	1990	36	No	GI bleeding	Tuberculosis, lymphoma	No
Schwenk	1990	39	No	Fever, weight loss, cognitive impairment	Pneumonia	No
Monatine	1993	41	No	Weight loss, diarrhea, blurry vision	MAC, candidiasis	No
Burdge	1995	33	No	Fatigue, unsteady gait, slurred speech	PCP, herpetic esophagitis	No
Alcaide	2003	37	No	Altered mental status, unsteady gait, slurred speech	Syphilis	No
Gui	2006	59	No	Abdominal pain, jaundice, vomiting	Malnutrition	No
Gui	2006	73	No	Altered mental status	Malnutrition	No
Gui	2006	33	No	Jaundice, vomiting	Malnutrition	No
Larsen	2013	31	Yes	Dyspnea, cough, weight loss	PCP pneumonia	No

NR: not reported; GI: gastrointestinal; PCP: pneumocystis pneumonia; MAC: mycobacterium avium complex.