Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Encephalitis as a Cause of Ischemic Stroke: Case Report and Systematic Review of the Literature

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 335-339

  Zis, Panagiotis ^a   Stritsou, Panagiota ^a   Angelidakis, Panagiotis ^a   Tavernarakis, Antonios ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

encephalitis; HSV 1; HSV 2; meningitis; stroke

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDLINE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; PATHOLOGY; STROKE; VIROLOGY;

BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

EID: 84959279650     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2015.10.002     Document Type: Article

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