title: Nosocomial Herpes Encephalitis: rare but treatable with early MR diagnosis.
abstract: Nosocomial/hospital acquired herpes encephalitis is rare and is usually undiagnosed in its early phase because of the non-specific clinical picture and low level of clinical and neuroimaging suspicion. There is a paucity of data in radiology literature for this entity, specifically in the settings of surgery and trauma. We describe two cases of nosocomial herpes simplex encephalitis to demonstrate the imaging clues that might lead to an early diagnosis of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami, 33132 Miami, FL, USA. pdoshi2@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Doshi
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Donovan Post
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saigal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Podda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Quencer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D020803:Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D017599:Neuroectodermal Tumors / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed