Editorial Commentary: Failure of Adjunctive Valacyclovir to Improve Outcomes in Herpes Simplex Encephalitis
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Editorial Commentary: Failure of Adjunctive Valacyclovir to Improve Outcomes in Herpes Simplex Encephalitis.
The majority of cases of acute encephalitis remain of unknown etiology despite extensive diagnostic evaluations [1, 2]. Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is the most common identified cause of acute sporadic encephalitis in the Western world, accounting for approximately 20% of total cases of identified cause [3]. Classic studies by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Collaborati...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ373