Herpes simplex virus-1 encephalitis induced by chemoradiotherapy and steroids in an esophageal cancer patient: a case report

BACKGROUND: Systemic chemotherapy combined with steroids used as prophylactic antiemetics have been reported to induce immunosuppression. Further, herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) infection has been reported to occur in patients with small cell carcinomas after chemoradiotherapy that includes brain ir...

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Autores principales: Saito, Masaaki, Kiyozaki, Hirokazu, Obitsu, Tamotu, Imoto, Hirofumi, Taniyama, Yusuke, Takata, Osamu, Rikiyama, Toshiki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4794923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26988237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-016-2255-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4794923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26988237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-016-2255-8

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