Favorable outcome of severe human herpes virus-6 encephalitis in an HIV-infected patient

AIDS. 2016 Jan 28;30(3):532-4. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000973.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Blood / virology
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • CD4 Lymphocyte Count
  • Encephalitis, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Encephalitis, Viral / pathology*
  • Ganciclovir / analogs & derivatives*
  • Ganciclovir / therapeutic use
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV-1 / isolation & purification
  • Herpesvirus 6, Human / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Roseolovirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Roseolovirus Infections / pathology*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Valganciclovir
  • Viral Load

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Valganciclovir
  • Ganciclovir

Supplementary concepts

  • Human Herpesvirus 6 encephalitis