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Case Reports
. 2021 Jul;69(3):103297.
doi: 10.1016/j.retram.2021.103297. Epub 2021 Jun 15.

Post-herpetic encephalitis cerebral abscess: Viral reactivation or latency site within central nervous system?

Mélanie Catroux  1 , Magali Garcia  2 , Nicolas Lévêque  3 , Philippe Page  4 , Gwenael Le Moal  5 , David Boutolleau  6 , France Roblot  7 , Sonia Burrel  8
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Post-herpetic encephalitis cerebral abscess: Viral reactivation or latency site within central nervous system?

Mélanie Catroux et al. Curr Res Transl Med. 2021 Jul.

Abstract

Herpetic encephalitis results from central nervous system invasion by herpes simplex virus. We report the case of a man who developed a cerebral abscess fifteen months after initial Herpetic encephalitis. Retrospectively, antiviral should not have been associated with antibiotics during abscess episode, as transcriptomic analysis reported no viral reactivation.

Keywords: Cerebral abscess; Herpes simplex virus; Herpetic encephalitis; Viral transcripts.

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