Three cases of herpes encephalitis are described. A definite diagnosis was established and all patients made a good recovery without specific antiviral chemotherapy. These reports are representative of those forms of herpes encephalitis with a good prognosis. It is suggested that the introduction of rapid non-invasive procedures will indicate a higher incidence of herpes encephalitis than is pr...

We describe a case of chronic atypical herpes simplex type 2 encephalitis in an immunocompromised 68 year old man presenting with headache and cognitive changes without focal neurological or MRI findings. To our knowledge this is the first described case of herpes simplex encephalitis associated with normal MRI brain imaging and non-focal neurological examination. This further expands the range...

Herpes simplex virus 1 is consistently the most common cause of sporadic encephalitis worldwide which leaves neurological deficits in more than 60% survived patients.

background herpes simplex virus infections are very common worldwide. the virus can cause infection in various body parts, especially eyes and the nervous system. therefore, an early diagnosis and highly sensitive method is very helpful. objectives the present study sought to investigate the efficiency of real-time taqman probe pcr in the diagnosis of hsv infection in suspected patients. patien...

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice ¦ Volume 7 ¦ Supplement 1 ¦ December 2016 a rare complication of HSV‐1 meningoencephalitis: Case report and review of the literature. Scand J Infect Dis 2006;38:63‐6. 8. Shelley BP, Raniga SB, Al‐Khabouri J. An unusual late complication of intracerebral haematoma in herpes encephalitis after successful acyclovir treatment. J Neurol Sci 2007;252:177‐80....

OBJECTIVE To report the frequency of coexisting herpes viruses (herpes simplex virus 1 [HSV-1] or HSV-2, varicella zoster virus, Epstein-Barr virus [EBV], cytomegalovirus, or human herpes virus 6 [HHV-6]) and autoantibodies in patients with encephalitis (herpes or autoimmune) in clinical laboratory service. METHODS Three groups were evaluated for herpes viruses and antibodies: group 1-patient...

Although herpes simplex encephalitis is not classically considered an opportunistic infection, reactivation of herpes simplex is being seen increasingly in patients with cancer or immunosuppression. The authors present a patient with malignant glioma and HSV-1 encephalitis whose PCR-proven encephalitis recurred after temozolomide (TMZ) chemoradiation despite acyclovir therapy, and summarize det...

Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO) is not an uncommon condition in the elderly and the immunocompromised. The common ocular manifestations include blepharoconjunctivitis, keratitis and uveitis. Dramatic presentations like orbital apex syndrome and superior orbital fissure syndromes occur rarely in patients with herpes zoster meningo-encephalitis. We report a patient with herpes zoster meningo-enc...