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Trillions and Trillions: Herpes Simplex Virus–1 Hepatitis in an Immunocompetent Adult

We describe a case of acute liver failure and myopericarditis due to herpes simplex virus–1 (HSV-1) in an immunocompetent adult. We estimate that, at the height of viremia, the patient contained a quantity of HSV-1 virions approaching that of human cells. The patient recovered with acyclovir that wa...

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Autores principales: Ikuta, Kevin, Roychoudhury, Pavitra, Xie, Hong, Mcclurkan, Christopher L, Walkiewicz, Magdalena, Makhsous, Negar, Huang, Meei-Li, Beru, Yodit, Alam, Mariam, Shepherd, Amanda, Lamotte, Eric D, Patel, Kevin, Morris, Amy, Ҫoruh, Başak, Yu, Lei, Bhattacharya, Renuka, Cheng, Rex, Walter, Roland B, Limaye, Ajit P, Lockwood, Christina M, Holland, Steven M, Rakita, Robert M, Koelle, David M, Greninger, Alexander L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6868424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31777756
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz465