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Post-herpetic encephalitis cerebral abscess: Viral reactivation or latency site within central nervous system?
- Source :
- Current Research in Translational Medicine, Current Research in Translational Medicine, Elsevier-Masson SAS, 2021, 69 (3), pp.103297. ⟨10.1016/j.retram.2021.103297⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- International audience; Herpetic encephalitis results from central nervous system invasion by herpes simplex virus. We report the case of a man who developed a cerebral abscess fifteen months after initial Herpetic encephalitis. Retrospectively, antiviral should not have been associated with antibiotics during abscess episode, as transcriptomic analysis reported no viral reactivation.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Central Nervous System
Male
medicine.drug_class
viruses
Antibiotics
Central nervous system
Brain Abscess
medicine.disease_cause
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
[SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases
medicine
Humans
Latency (engineering)
viral transcripts
Abscess
cerebral abscess
[SDV.MP] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology
Retrospective Studies
Viral reactivation
business.industry
Herpes Simplex
General Medicine
herpes simplex virus
medicine.disease
Virology
3. Good health
[SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology
030104 developmental biology
medicine.anatomical_structure
Herpes simplex virus
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
[SDV.MHEP.MI] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases
Herpetic Encephalitis
Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex
herpetic encephalitis
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 24523186
- Volume :
- 69
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Current research in translational medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....007e94da02f83754632ec394a91bb949
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retram.2021.103297⟩