Title
Are steroids a beneficial adjunctive therapy in the immunosuppressed patient with herpes simplex virus encephalitis?
Date Issued
01 January 2013
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
University of Miami
Abstract
Few reports describe the reactivation of latent herpes simplex virus causing encephalitis (HSVE) in patients undergoing brain radiation therapy and a concomitant steroid regimen. The role for steroid use in the treatment of patients with HSVE has not been fully elucidated. We report the case of a female patient immunosuppressed by steroids and brain radiation who developed HSVE and responded to acyclovir and dexamethasone.
Start page
52
End page
55
Volume
5
Issue
1
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84878002698
Source
Case Reports in Neurology
ISSN of the container
1662680X
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