par Klastersky, Jean ;Cappel, Roger ;Snoeck, Jean-Marc ;Flament, J.;Thiry, Lise
Référence The New England journal of medicine, 287, 4, page (182-184)
Publication Publié, 1972-07
Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : TWO distinct neurologic syndromes have been recognized in adults in association with infection with herpes-simplex virus (HSV).1,2 Herpetic encephalitis is a severe and often fatal infection, and herpetic meningitis is often clinically indistinguishable from other aseptic meningitides caused by various viruses. Detailed reports of progressive dysfunction of the spinal cord in association with herpetic infection, and without encephalitis, have not yet been published, although, in a recent communication, Craig and Nahmias mentioned a case of ascending myelitis and isolation of HSV Type 2 from vulvar lesions. Virologic cultures of the cerebrospinal fluid were negative.3 Case Report A 45-year-old woman was. © 1972, Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.