Human Herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) necrotizing encephalitis, a rare condition in immunocompromised patients: The importance of brain biopsy associated with HHV-6 testing

Affiliations

• ¹ Neurological Intensive Care Unit, Neurology Department, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Universitary Hospital La Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, and Sorbonne Universités, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France.
• ² Neuropathology Department, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Universitary Hospital La Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, and Sorbonne Universités, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France.
• ³ Neurosurgery Department, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Universitary Hospital La Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, and Sorbonne Universités, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France.
• ⁴ Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris Diderot University, INSERM UMR1141, Paris, France.
• ⁵ Hematology Department, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Universitary Hospital La Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, and Sorbonne Universités, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France.
• ⁶ Service of Virology, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Universitary Hospital La Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix PARIS, France, and Sorbonne Universités,Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France.
• ⁷ Neuroradiology Department, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Universitary Hospital La Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, and Sorbonne Universités, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France.
• ⁸ Neurology Department, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Universitary Hospital La Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, and Sorbonne Universités, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France.
• ⁹ Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine Department, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Universitary Hospital La Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, and Sorbonne Universités, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France.
• ¹⁰ Service of Virology, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Universitary Hospital La Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix PARIS, France, and Sorbonne Universités,Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France. Electronic address: agnes.gautheret@aphp.fr.