title: Multiple strokes associated with herpes simplex virus type-2 infection: case report.
abstract: Herpes simplex virus (HSV) type-2 is known to cause meningitis and usually runs a benign course. Association of such infection with vasculitis of the central nervous system is not well known. Presented here is a case initially diagnosed as aseptic meningitis that subsequently evolved as stroke and exhibited angiographic evidence of widespread vasculitis of the intracranial vessels in association with a positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for HSV-2 in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
authors.affiliation: , P. O. Box 2879, Glen Allen, VA, 23058, USA. joshipmed@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Prajwol
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Joshi
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018258:Herpesvirus 2, Human / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D008582:Meningitis, Aseptic / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020521:Stroke / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral
keywords: Herpes simplex; Meningitis; Stroke; Vasculitis