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Seizure occurs in 2 to 3% and 6.1% to 34.3% in patients with HIV infection and patients with neurological complications of HIV infection, respectively. Studies on HIV infection and seizure are rare in Ethiopia. The purpose of this study was to assess clinical presentation, cause and treatment outcome of patients with HIV infection presented with seizure.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this retrospective study, patients aged\u2009\u2265\u200913\u00a0years with HIV infection presented with seizure were included. Medical records were reviewed and demographic and clinical data were collected.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Records of 146 patients were analysed. Males were 55.5% and the mean age was 34\u00a0years. The diagnosis of HIV infection was made after current hospital admission in 69% of patients. Almost all patients (98.6%) had stage 4 HIV infection with very low CD4 count (mean\u2009=\u200977\/mm\n                      <jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>\n                      ). In almost all patients seizure was a recent onset at current admission; either it started after admission (42.5%) or within 3\u00a0months prior to admission (52.5%). The types of seizures were: generalized tonic\u2013clonic seizure [GTCS] (69.2%), focal motor with secondarily generalization [FMWSG] (19.9%) and simple focal motor (11%). The common causes of seizure were: cerebral toxoplasmosis (46%), tuberculous meningitis (35.6%) and cryptococcal meningitis (13.7%). Case-fatality was 53% and predictors of mortality were: seizure started after admission, change in mentation and comatose at initial evaluation.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Most patients had stage 4 HIV infection with very low CD4 count and a recent onset seizure which started within 3\u00a0months at initial evaluation. GTCS was the commonest seizure type and most causes of seizure were central nervous system opportunistic infections. The case-fatality was high and change in sensorium was an independent predictor of mortality. To prevent the high mortality and morbidity prevention of HIV infection, early diagnosis and treatment, improving diagnostic facilities and access to non-enzyme inducing antiepileptic drugs are recommended.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12879-021-06497-7","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,10]],"date-time":"2021-08-10T06:04:04Z","timestamp":1628575444000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Seizure in HIV-infected patients: clinical presentation, cause and treatment outcome in Ethiopia\u2014a retrospective study"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2694-2904","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Amanuel","family":"Amare","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"6497_CR1","unstructured":"FMOH Ethiopia. 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