Said Gérard
Service de Neurologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Université Paris XI, 94275 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France.
Neurol Clin. 2007 Feb;25(1):115-37. doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2006.11.004.
Peripheral neuropathies can result from several infective agents, ranging from viruses, especially retroviruses, to parasites and bacilli. Leprosy, which often is considered a disorder of the past, still is common in dome geographic areas, especially in Africa, South America, and Asia. An increasing number of cases of neuropathies occurs in patients who have HIV or Lyme disease. The important point is that all these neuropathies are treatable and often preventable.
周围神经病变可由多种感染因子引起，从病毒，尤其是逆转录病毒，到寄生虫和杆菌。麻风病，过去常被认为是一种已绝迹的疾病，但在某些地理区域仍然常见，尤其是在非洲、南美洲和亚洲。感染人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）或莱姆病的患者中，神经病变的病例越来越多。重要的是，所有这些神经病变都是可治疗的，而且往往是可预防的。
