Infectious neuropathies

Abstract

Infectious neuropathies are an important morbidity worldwide. These can be caused by viruses (HIV, HTLV, HBV, HCV, VZV) or bacteria (M. leprae, Borrelia Burgdorferi, Corinebacterium diphteriae). HIV infection, al-ready pandemic, is at the origin of many and various peripheral neuropathies. Also, HTLV can produce various neuropathies, but it is more limitedly spread. Postzosterian neuralgia is a fiercely complication, some-times hard to treat of herpes zoster produced by varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Neurologic involvement of Lyme disease is quite controversial, but it is after all a reality. Leper and diphtheria are associated with a lower standard of living, but still present. A special mention should be done regarding the possibility of occurrence of peripheral neuropathies as a consequence of the use of some of the antibiotics used to treat some infec-tions, even if these infections have no neural tropism.