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Case Reports
. 2005 Mar 15;40(6):887-9.
doi: 10.1086/427943. Epub 2005 Feb 21.

Severe meningoencephalitis caused by human herpesvirus 6 type B in an immunocompetent woman treated with ganciclovir

Tobias Birnbaum  1 , Claudio S Padovan, Bernd Sporer, Tobias A Rupprecht, Harald Ausserer, Gundula Jaeger, Hans W Pfister
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Severe meningoencephalitis caused by human herpesvirus 6 type B in an immunocompetent woman treated with ganciclovir

Tobias Birnbaum et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), the causative agent of exanthema subitum in childhood, can also induce meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised individuals. In contrast, HHV-6 encephalitis in immunocompetent patients is rare, and the clinical syndrome not well defined. We report a case of meningoencephalitis caused by HHV-6 type B in an otherwise healthy woman.

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