Background: Herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis is the most common cause of sporadic encephalitis, with significant morbidity and mortality that are effectively reduced by antiviral treatment. Herpes simplex infection in pregnant women rarely results in encephalitis. The most common symptoms of a pregnant woman with herpes simplex infection are colds and skin vesicles. Herpetic encephalitis...

herpes simplex virus accounts for 10 to 25% of sporadic viral encephalitis throughout the world among people of different age with two peaks, one at 5 to 30 and the other at > 50 years of age. pathologic process includes focal brain tissue inflammation and necrosis (predominantly temporal lobe). therefore local neurological signs and symptoms will ensue. although csf pressure rising due to infl...

despite advances in antiviral therapy over the past 2 decades, herpes simplex encephalitis (hse) remains a serious illness with significant risk of morbidity and mortality. hse includes a range of clinical presentations, from aseptic meningitis and fever to a severe rapidly progressive form with mental status changes (clouding of consciousness, confusion, disorientation, personality changes) an...

the present case report introduces a patient with fluent aphasia, anterograde amnesia and anosmia due to herpes simplex encephalitis after her first delivery. the left medial temporal lobe was one of the main areas involved. on aphasia testing she showed severe anomia on both confrontation and free recall, agraphia, alexia, repetition disorder and some auditory comprehension impairments. therap...

Herpes simplex virus is a leading cause of sporadic encephalitis. While seizures are a common feature of Herpes simplex virus encephalitis, and periods of asystole have been reported in Herpes simplex virus patients, there have been no prior reports of ictal asystole secondary to such an infection.This case report describes a 33 year old, previously healthy, gentleman of Malaysian descent, with...

abstract: herpes simplex encephalitis (hse) is a life threatening outcome of herpes simplex virus (hsv) infection of the central nervous system (cns). hsv accounts for 2-5 percent of all cases of encephalitis. one third of cases occur in those younger than 20 years old and one half in those older than 50 years old. clinical diagnosis is recommended in the encephalopathic, febrile patients with ...

abstract        background and objective: herpes simplex encephalitis is a life-threatening consequence of the central nervous system (cns) infection with herpes simplex virus (hsv). although it is a rare disease, mortality rates reach 70% in the absence of therapy and only a minority of individuals can return to normal function. the aim of this study was to determine possible correlation betwe...

background and objectives: encephalitis can cause a severe public health problem. the main aim of this research was to evaluate the medical laboratory results of patients with herpes simplex virus (hsv) encephalitis. materials and methods: diagnosis of encephalitis for these patients was firstly based on a clinical profile for herpes simplex encephalitis (hse), plus either a detected hsv1&2-dna...