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Are Steroids a Beneficial Adjunctive Therapy in the Immunosuppressed Patient with Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis?
- Source :
- Case Reports in Neurology, Case Reports in Neurology, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 52-55 (2013)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- S. Karger AG, 2013.
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Abstract
- Few reports describe the reactivation of latent herpes simplex virus causing encephalitis (HSVE) in patients undergoing brain radiation therapy and a concomitant steroid regimen. The role for steroid use in the treatment of patients with HSVE has not been fully elucidated. We report the case of a female patient immunosuppressed by steroids and brain radiation who developed HSVE and responded to acyclovir and dexamethasone.
- Subjects :
- business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Herpes simplex virus encephalitis
Immunosuppression
medicine.disease_cause
medicine.disease
Virology
lcsh:RC346-429
Steroid
Regimen
Herpes simplex virus
Concomitant
Immunology
Corticosteroids
Medicine
Neurology (clinical)
business
Published online: March, 2013
lcsh:Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Dexamethasone
Encephalitis
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1662680X
- Volume :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Case Reports in Neurology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9a9121c49866ac0768ce8fd00e3ef704