Herpes simplex virus type 2 (Mollaret's) meningitis: A case report
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Recurrent herpes simplex virus type 2 meningitis: a case report of Mollaret's meningitis.
It is well known that herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 2 produces acute meningitis, while HSV type 2 rarely causes recurrent meningitis (Mollaret's meningitis). We report the history of a 40-year-old patient with recurrent HSV type 2 meningitis (Mollaret's meningitis). The patient had seven episodes of meningeal symptoms within a 7-year period. In the seventh episode, HSV type 2 DNA was confirme...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1201-9712
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.01.003