Herpes simplex Virus Esophagitis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Ebstein-Barr Virus Infection

Epstein-Barr virus infectious mononucleosis can cause transient immune deficiency which may predispose to reactivation of latent herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in the immunocompetent host. We report the case of a 15-year-old male who presented with severe odynophagia and herpes labialis during...

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Autores principales: Tzouvala, M., Gaglia, A., Papantoniou, N., Triantafyllou, K., Karamanolis, G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: S. Karger AG 2008
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Published: November 2008
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3166810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21897798
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000164620
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author Tzouvala, M.
Gaglia, A.
Papantoniou, N.
Triantafyllou, K.
Karamanolis, G.
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description Epstein-Barr virus infectious mononucleosis can cause transient immune deficiency which may predispose to reactivation of latent herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in the immunocompetent host. We report the case of a 15-year-old male who presented with severe odynophagia and herpes labialis during the course of Epstein-Barr virus infectious mononucleosis that had been diagnosed ten days before. Esophagoscopy revealed extensive ulcerations with distinct borders and whitish exudates at the mid and distal esophagus. Polymerase chain reaction detected HSV-1 DNA in the biopsy specimens. The patient was treated with intravenous acyclovir. The symptoms resolved rapidly within 3 days, in accordance with improved endoscopic findings.
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spelling pubmed-31668102011-09-06 Herpes simplex Virus Esophagitis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Ebstein-Barr Virus Infection Tzouvala, M. Gaglia, A. Papantoniou, N. Triantafyllou, K. Karamanolis, G. Case Rep Gastroenterol Published: November 2008 Epstein-Barr virus infectious mononucleosis can cause transient immune deficiency which may predispose to reactivation of latent herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in the immunocompetent host. We report the case of a 15-year-old male who presented with severe odynophagia and herpes labialis during the course of Epstein-Barr virus infectious mononucleosis that had been diagnosed ten days before. Esophagoscopy revealed extensive ulcerations with distinct borders and whitish exudates at the mid and distal esophagus. Polymerase chain reaction detected HSV-1 DNA in the biopsy specimens. The patient was treated with intravenous acyclovir. The symptoms resolved rapidly within 3 days, in accordance with improved endoscopic findings. S. Karger AG 2008-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3166810/ /pubmed/21897798 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000164620 Text en Copyright © 2008 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published: November 2008
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Gaglia, A.
Papantoniou, N.
Triantafyllou, K.
Karamanolis, G.
Herpes simplex Virus Esophagitis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Ebstein-Barr Virus Infection
title Herpes simplex Virus Esophagitis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Ebstein-Barr Virus Infection
title_full Herpes simplex Virus Esophagitis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Ebstein-Barr Virus Infection
title_fullStr Herpes simplex Virus Esophagitis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Ebstein-Barr Virus Infection
title_full_unstemmed Herpes simplex Virus Esophagitis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Ebstein-Barr Virus Infection
title_short Herpes simplex Virus Esophagitis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Ebstein-Barr Virus Infection
title_sort herpes simplex virus esophagitis in an immunocompetent patient with ebstein-barr virus infection
topic Published: November 2008
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3166810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21897798
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000164620
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