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Varicella-zoster virus encephalitis mimicking toxoplasmosis relapse [PDF]

Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation, 2015
A 37-year-old woman was admitted with seizures, confusion, and fever following weeks of apathy and self-neglect. HIV-1 infection and cerebral toxoplasmosis were diagnosed 4 months before, with good clinical and radiologic response to sulfadiazine and pyrimethamine after 1 month1 (figure, A).
Marques, IB, Flanagan, S, Noble, H, Giovannoni, G, Marta, M   +4 more
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A case of varicella zoster encephalitis with glossopharyngeal and vagus nerve injury as primary manifestation combined with medulla lesion

Journal of International Medical Research, 2019
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) can invade the brainstem or brain via the glossopharyngeal, vagus , or facial nerve, resulting in brainstem inflammation or encephalitis.
Duan-Hua Cao, Ya-Nan Xie, Ye Ji, Jing-Zhe Han, Jian-Guo Zhu   +4 more
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Vaccine-Associated Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus and Encephalitis

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2010
The case of an immunocompetent 3 and half-year-old girl who developed encephalitis and herpes zoster ophthalmicus 20 months after immunization with varicella-zoster virus vaccine is reported from Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece, and University ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Focal Encephalitis Following Varicella-Zoster Virus Reactivation without Rash

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2014
Staff members at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, and University of Iowa Children's Hospital, Iowa City, report a healthy 22-year-old man with a focal encephalitis following varicella-zoster virus (VZV) reactivation without rash, triggered by varicella ...
J Gordon Millichap, John J Millichap
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Clinical Features of Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection

Viruses, 2018
Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is a pathogenic human herpes virus that causes varicella (chickenpox) as a primary infection, following which it becomes latent in peripheral ganglia.
Peter G. E. Kennedy, Anne A. Gershon
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Epidemiology and diagnosis of viral and bacterial central nervous system infections in Sri Lanka: A Narrative review

Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Bacterial central nervous system (CNS) infections are life-threatening diseases with high mortality and long-term neurological sequels, while viral CNS infections are mild and self-limited. In Sri Lanka, 1000-1500 and 150-250 patients with meningitis and
W. K. H. Dheerasekara, M. A. R. V. Muthugala, V Liyanapathirana   +2 more
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Varicella-zoster virus encephalitis and vasculopathy in a patient treated with fingolimod [PDF]

Neurology, 2012
A 50-year-old man with multiple sclerosis (MS) was admitted with a seizure and coma in the setting of herpes zoster. The patient developed MS in 2003 and was switched to fingolimod in 2011, 4 months after discontinuing natalizumab (54 doses). He was clinically stable, but mostly wheelchair-bound with relatively preserved upper extremity function. Brain
John N, Ratchford, Kathleen, Costello, Daniel S, Reich, Peter A, Calabresi   +3 more
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Safety of inadvertent administration of live zoster vaccine to immunosuppressed individuals in a UK-based observational cohort analysis

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives To investigate the safety of live attenuated varicella zoster vaccination when administered to immunosuppressed individuals.Design Prospective observational cohort study.Setting The study used anonymised data from the Clinical Practice ...
Nick Andrews, Sara Thomas, Daniel J Grint, Helen I McDonald, Jemma L Walker, Gayatri Amirthalingam   +5 more
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Can we forecast poor outcome in herpes simplex and varicella zoster encephalitis? A narrative review

Frontiers in Neurology, 2023
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) and varicella zoster virus (VZV) are among the most commonly diagnosed infectious causes of sporadic encephalitis worldwide. Despite treatment, mortality and morbidity rates remain high, especially for HSV encephalitis.
Lena S. Abbuehl, Eveline Hofmann, Arsany Hakim, Anelia Dietmann   +3 more
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Encephalitis associated with Zika virus infection and reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus in a Brazilian child

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
We report a case of encephalitis associated with Zika virus infection and reactivation of varicella-zoster virus in the central nervous system of a Brazilian child.
Marcelo Adriano da Cunha e Silva Vieira, Alzira Almeida de Sousa Castro, Daniele Freitas Henriques, Eliana Vieira Pinto da Silva, Fernando Neto Tavares, Lívia Carício Martins, Lucas Melo Guimarães, Talita Antonia Furtado Monteiro, Raimunda do Socorro da Silva Azevedo, Ana Cecíclia Ribeiro Cruz, Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos   +10 more
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