Aseptic Viral Meningitis Secondary to Herpes Simplex Virus 2 Genital Infection

Aseptic viral meningitis is the most common cause of meningitis in the United States. Most cases of herpes simplex virus meningitis are caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), with HSV-1 primarily causing viral encephalitis. In this report, we present a case of aseptic meningitis generated by...

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Autores principales: Marshall, Camille, Clark, Zachary T, Minckler, Michael R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8121209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34007776
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14535
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description Aseptic viral meningitis is the most common cause of meningitis in the United States. Most cases of herpes simplex virus meningitis are caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), with HSV-1 primarily causing viral encephalitis. In this report, we present a case of aseptic meningitis generated by the HSV-2 in an immunosuppressed 35-year-old female with a recent diagnosis of genital herpes that was left untreated due to reported side effects of medication. 
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spelling pubmed-81212092021-05-17 Aseptic Viral Meningitis Secondary to Herpes Simplex Virus 2 Genital Infection Marshall, Camille Clark, Zachary T Minckler, Michael R Cureus Emergency Medicine Aseptic viral meningitis is the most common cause of meningitis in the United States. Most cases of herpes simplex virus meningitis are caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), with HSV-1 primarily causing viral encephalitis. In this report, we present a case of aseptic meningitis generated by the HSV-2 in an immunosuppressed 35-year-old female with a recent diagnosis of genital herpes that was left untreated due to reported side effects of medication.  Cureus 2021-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8121209/ /pubmed/34007776 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14535 Text en Copyright © 2021, Marshall et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Aseptic Viral Meningitis Secondary to Herpes Simplex Virus 2 Genital Infection
title Aseptic Viral Meningitis Secondary to Herpes Simplex Virus 2 Genital Infection
title_full Aseptic Viral Meningitis Secondary to Herpes Simplex Virus 2 Genital Infection
title_fullStr Aseptic Viral Meningitis Secondary to Herpes Simplex Virus 2 Genital Infection
title_full_unstemmed Aseptic Viral Meningitis Secondary to Herpes Simplex Virus 2 Genital Infection
title_short Aseptic Viral Meningitis Secondary to Herpes Simplex Virus 2 Genital Infection
title_sort aseptic viral meningitis secondary to herpes simplex virus 2 genital infection
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8121209/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34007776
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14535
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