Successful pregnancy with isolated herpes simplex virus encephalitis: case report and review of the literature.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Isolated herpes simplex virus encephalitis in pregnancy is a rare illness with an elusive diagnosis. We describe the second patient to survive this disease and the first to have no sequelae, because of prompt diagnosis and treatment with acyclovir.
Medical subject headings
- Encephalitis
- Herpes Simplex
- Pregnancy Complications, Infectious