This case illustrates many of the diagnostic challenges that may be encountered in patients presenting with herpes simplex infection of the brain. The patient had presented with transient focal ...

A major UK clinical trial has shown that adding the corticosteroid dexamethasone to standard antiviral treatment for encephalitis (brain inflammation), caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV) does not ...

February 7, 2011 (Vienna, Austria) — In Peru, about one quarter of herpes encephalitis cases are caused by herpes simplex virus (HSV)-2, a rate much higher than reported in other parts of the world, a ...

Herpes Simplex Encephalitis: Flair axial MRI. Note the prominent lesion in the left medial temporal lobe. A smaller lesion is present on the right. CSF PCR subsequently confirmed the diagnosis of ...

Background A pregnant 25-year-old woman at 32 weeks' gestation was admitted to an emergency unit after her husband had found her drowsy and with her tongue bitten. The day before admission, the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Neuroradiological disease and clinical outcomes were not predicted by initial ...

Immune reconstitution is often impaired for months to years in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) and predisposes them to a wide variety of bacterial, viral and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is likely the most serious herpes infection patients can face. Treatment ...

Herpes Simplex Encephalitis (remote case): Flair axial MRIs. Note the abnormal right temporal lobe, which has shrunk in size with cystic changes denoting encephalomalacia. In addition, there is bright ...