A Fatal Case of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis with Two False-Negative Polymerase Chain Reactions

An 88-year-old man presented with a 1-month history of altered mental status and seizures. His electrographic and imaging findings were suggestive of herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE), for which he was empirically treated with acyclovir. He underwent two lumbar punctures 3 days apart; both cerebrosp...

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Autores principales: Mendez, Aldo A., Bosco, Annaliese, Abdel-Wahed, Lama, Palmer, Kendra, Jones, Karra A., Killoran, Annie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6167650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30283319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000492053

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