Human herpesvirus 1 meningoencephalitis after trigeminal neuralgia surgery.
We report a case of human herpesvirus 1 (HHV-1) meningoencephalitis in a patient who underwent trigeminal neuralgia surgery. Although this surgery has been reported to increase the risk of mucocutaneous HHV-1 recurrence, to our knowledge, an association between trigeminal surgery and HHV-1 encephalitis has not been previously described.
Servei de Microbiologia, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Sant Quintí 89, Barcelona, Spain.
Núria
N
Prim
Natividad
N
Benito
Guillermo
G
Montes
Virginia
V
Pomar
Joan
J
Molet
Núria
N
Rabella
D000368:Aged; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000821:virology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D018259:Herpesvirus 1, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D014277:Trigeminal Neuralgia / Q000601:surgery*
D004279:DNA, Viral