Abstract
In this case report, we describe the first PCR-confirmed case of HSV2 myeloradiculitis with a purely motor presentation, occurring in a 68-year-old liver transplant recipient. The patient reported ascending weakness with no sensory nor sphincteric symptoms, thereby resembling acute demyelinating inflammatory neuropathy, or Guillain-Barré syndrome. HSV2 was detected in cerebrospinal fluid by PCR, and the patient was successfully treated with intravenous Acyclovir.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e13236 |
Journal | Transplant Infectious Disease |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- ascending weakness
- Elsberg syndrome
- Herpes simplex virus type 2
- HSV2 infection
- liver transplant
- myeloradiculitis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Infectious Diseases
- Transplantation