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
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Abati, E., Gagliardi, D., Velardo, D., Meneri, M., Conte, G., Cinnante, C., Bresolin, N., Comi, G., & Corti, S. (2020). Herpes Simplex virus type 2 myeloradiculitis with a pure motor presentation in a liver transplant recipient. Transplant Infectious Disease, 22(1), [e13236]. https://doi.org/10.1111/tid.13236