Two fatal herpesvirus cases: Treatable but easily missed diagnoses

Ill or immunosuppressed hospital patients are at increased risk for herpes simplex and herpes zoster virus infections, with high potential morbidity and mortality. Here, we present two cases of reactivation of herpes virus infections with delay in diagnosis, with ultimately fatal results. Since thes...

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Autores principales: Bookhout, Christine, Moylan, Vincent, Thorne, Leigh B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5061120/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27747159
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.09.013
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description Ill or immunosuppressed hospital patients are at increased risk for herpes simplex and herpes zoster virus infections, with high potential morbidity and mortality. Here, we present two cases of reactivation of herpes virus infections with delay in diagnosis, with ultimately fatal results. Since these infections are treatable, it is important to keep a high index of suspicion to facilitate early diagnosis and treatment.
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spelling pubmed-50611202016-10-14 Two fatal herpesvirus cases: Treatable but easily missed diagnoses Bookhout, Christine Moylan, Vincent Thorne, Leigh B. IDCases Case Report Ill or immunosuppressed hospital patients are at increased risk for herpes simplex and herpes zoster virus infections, with high potential morbidity and mortality. Here, we present two cases of reactivation of herpes virus infections with delay in diagnosis, with ultimately fatal results. Since these infections are treatable, it is important to keep a high index of suspicion to facilitate early diagnosis and treatment. Elsevier 2016-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5061120/ /pubmed/27747159 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.09.013 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_full Two fatal herpesvirus cases: Treatable but easily missed diagnoses
title_fullStr Two fatal herpesvirus cases: Treatable but easily missed diagnoses
title_full_unstemmed Two fatal herpesvirus cases: Treatable but easily missed diagnoses
title_short Two fatal herpesvirus cases: Treatable but easily missed diagnoses
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