Are Steroids a Beneficial Adjunctive Therapy in the Immunosuppressed Patient with Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis?

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 fe...

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Autores principales: Lizarraga, Karlo J., Alexandre, Lucien C., Ramos-Estebanez, Ciro, Merenda, Amedeo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2013
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Published online: March, 2013
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3635685/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23626565
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000350572
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Sumario: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.

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