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Response to acyclovir in two cases of herpes zoster leukoencephalitis and review of the literature.

J Otero1, E Ribera, J Gavaldà, A Rovira, I Ocaña, A Pahissa.   

Abstract

Herpes zoster leukoencephalitis is a rare complication of varicella-zoster virus infection. Associated with high mortality, the majority of cases have been discovered postmortem; today, however, magnetic resonance imaging is being used successfully as an aid in the diagnosis of this disease. The first two reported cases of HIV-infected patients with herpes zoster leukoencephalitis who recovered clinically and showed complete resolution of the magnetic resonance demyelination images after acyclovir treatment are described. In addition, the cases of herpes zoster leukoencephalitis reported in the literature to date are reviewed.

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Year:  1998        PMID： 9707315     DOI： 10.1007/bf01699989

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis        ISSN： 0934-9723            Impact factor:   3.267


  11 in total

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Journal:  Arch Pathol Lab Med       Date:  1988-02       Impact factor: 5.534

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Journal:  Medicine (Baltimore)       Date:  1983-03       Impact factor: 1.889

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Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  1991-01       Impact factor: 5.948

6.  Varicella-zoster virus encephalitis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: report of four cases.

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Journal:  Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol       Date:  1992-10       Impact factor: 8.090

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Journal:  J Comput Assist Tomogr       Date:  1993 Mar-Apr       Impact factor: 1.826

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Journal:  Scand J Infect Dis       Date:  1988

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Journal:  Ann Neurol       Date:  1986-02       Impact factor: 10.422

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Journal:  Ann Neurol       Date:  1981-03       Impact factor: 10.422
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