Human herpesvirus 1 meningoencephalitis after trigeminal neuralgia surgery
Por:
Prim, N, Benito, N, Montes, G, Pomar, V, Molet, J, Rabella, N
Publicada:
1 jul 2013
Resumen:
We report a case of human herpesvirus 1 (HHV-1) meningoencephalitis in a patient who underwent trigeminal neuralgia surgery. Although this surgery has been reported to increase the risk of mucocutaneous HHV-1 recurrence, to our knowledge, an association between trigeminal surgery and HHV-1 encephalitis has not been previously described. (C) 2012 The British Infection Association. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Filiaciones:
Prim, N:
Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Microbiol Serv, Barcelona 08041, Spain
Benito, N:
Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Unitat Malalties Infeccioses, Barcelona 08041, Spain
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
Montes, G:
Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Serv Neurocirurgia, Barcelona 08041, Spain
Pomar, V:
Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Unitat Malalties Infeccioses, Barcelona 08041, Spain
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
Molet, J:
Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Serv Neurocirurgia, Barcelona 08041, Spain
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
Rabella, N:
Hosp Santa Creu & Sant Pau, Microbiol Serv, Barcelona 08041, Spain
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
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