Multiphasic encephalomyelitis in a patient with recurrent herpes simplex type 2 meningitis.
We here describe a patient with a history of recurrent HSV-2 meningitis who had been free from symptoms for almost 20 y when he developed an acute encephalomyelitis. The clinical course laboratory and radiological findings support an acute multiphasic disseminated encephalomyelitis induced by a recurrent HSV-2 infection.
Görander
Staffan
S
Clinical Virology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden. staffan.gorander@microbio.gu.se
Andersen
Oluf
O
Leiram
Birgitta
B
Franzén
Christer
C
Bergström
Tomas
T
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020803:Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D018258:Herpesvirus 2, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000998:Antiviral Agents