title: Treatment of primary and recurrent herpes simplex virus type 2 induced meningitis with acyclovir.
abstract: We describe therapy with acyclovir in 1 patient with acute meningitis induced by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) and in 1 patient with ascending myelitis in connection with meningitis after a primary genital HSV-2 infection. In addition, intermittent or continuous acyclovir prophylaxis against meningitis was employed in 3 patients with recurrent meningitis of probable HSV-2 etiology. Possible beneficial effects of the treatment were seen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Virology, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bergström
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alestig
mesh_terms: D000212:Acyclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012008:Recurrence; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000145:classification
chemical_list: D000212:Acyclovir