Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus with Fulminant Hepatitis.
Disseminated herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a rare cause of acute fulminant liver failure. We hereby present a case series of three patients with acute disseminated HSV with necrotizing hepatitis successfully treated with a week course of acyclovir. Early empiric administration of acyclovir therapy while awaiting confirmatory tests is critical in this potentially lethal disease.
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Reproductive Infectious Diseases, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, 550 Peachtree Street, 8th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Bassam H
BH
Rimawi
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29403, USA.
Joseph
J
Meserve
Division of Critical Care and Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 550 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
Ramzy H
RH
Rimawi
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, 420 East North Avenue, East Wing, Suite 407, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA.
Zaw
Z
Min
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29403, USA.
John W
JW
Gnann