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Abstract
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) type-2 is known to cause meningitis and usually runs a benign course. Association of such infection with vasculitis of the central nervous system is not well known. Presented here is a case initially diagnosed as aseptic meningitis that subsequently evolved as stroke and exhibited angiographic evidence of widespread vasculitis of the intracranial vessels in association with a positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for HSV-2 in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).Entities:
Keywords: Herpes simplex; Meningitis; Stroke; Vasculitis
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26443565 DOI: 10.1007/s13365-015-0385-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurovirol ISSN: 1355-0284 Impact factor: 2.643