Double encephalitis with herpes simplex virus type II and cytomegalovirus in an elder Chinese: a case report

Herpes simplex encephalitis is a rare disease. In adults, most of the reported cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections are seen in immunocompromised patients. We present a case of 67-year-old Chinese male with the coinfection of CMV and herpes simplex virus type II (HSV-II). He had no history of being trea...

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Autores principales: Xue, Chaobiao, Chen, Shaoxian, Lin, Qi, Zhou, Houshi, Huang, Chuming, Lin, Jiyuan, Xie, Weihang, Chen, Kai, Zhou, Dongming, Ma, Wan, Ma, Feiyu, Xu, Haiyun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4636174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26586947
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S92366
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Sumario:Herpes simplex encephalitis is a rare disease. In adults, most of the reported cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections are seen in immunocompromised patients. We present a case of 67-year-old Chinese male with the coinfection of CMV and herpes simplex virus type II (HSV-II). He had no history of being treated with immunosuppressants, showed symptoms of psychosis and was scored 109 on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale. This patient presented with a rare case of coinfection of CMV and herpes simplex virus type II with psychotic symptoms.

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