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Herpes simplex encephalitis [PDF]
Herpes simplex virus encephalitis still has an unacceptably high mortality Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a human herpesvirus that causes HSV encephalitis (HSE), which is the commonest fatal sporadic encephalitis in humans.1,2 About 90% of all HSE cases in adults and children are due to HSV-1, while HSV-2 is associated with HSE in neonates, in which ...
A Chaudhuri, P G E Kennedy
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Herpes associated erythema multiforme
Erythema multiforme is an acute and a self-limiting mucocutaneous hypersensitivity reaction triggered by certain infections and medications. One of the most common predisposing factors for erythema multiforme is infection with herpes simplex virus ...
K A Kamala+2 more
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Erythema Multiforme Attributable to Herpes Simplex Virus: Clinical Aspects and Treatment
Erythema multiforme is an acute mucocutaneous hypersensitivity reaction with various etiological factors, including herpes simplex virus, medications, autoimmune diseases, and malignancies, but the most common cause is infection by herpes simplex virus ...
Aya Mtiri+5 more
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Background: Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) is the leading cause of genital ulcer disease worldwide. The acquisition of genital herpes during pregnancy has been associated with spontaneous abortion, prematurity, and congenital and neonatal herpes.
Abul-Razak SH Hasan +4 more
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Introduction Herpes simplex virus type 1 encephalitis presents acutely in patients who are immunocompetent. We report what we believe to be the first published case of a subacute course of herpes simplex virus type 1 encephalitis in a patient with ...
Corman Lourdes C, Singhal Rashi L
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A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Trial of Oral Acyclovir in Renal Allograft Recipients
Fifty renal transplant patients were randomized to receive either 800 mg acyclovir by mouth four times daily or identical placebo tablets for prophylaxis of herpes simplex infection. Patients were followed weekly to assess reactivation of herpes simplex,
Walter F Schlech+5 more
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Xiao Bo+3 more
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Introduction Herpes simplex infection is most commonly a benign, self-limiting disease with mucocutaneous lesions and mild viremia. Immunosuppressed patients are at a higher risk of disseminated infection, as are neonates and pregnant women.
Lakhan Shaheen E, Harle Lindsey
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Modified contact simplex iteration [PDF]
We study the iterations of the procedure of taking the contact simplex. We define the concept of the root of the simplex, which is a homothety image of contact simplex with a special coefficient greater than 1. The article shows that once we iterate the root of a given simplex, the circumcenter sequence of these simplices has two partial limits.
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Introduction: The manifestations of herpes simplex virus keratitis range from epithelial keratitis to vision-threatening stromal keratitis. There are limited studies done on our part regarding stromal keratitis.
Poonam Shrestha, Santosh Paudel
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