Rapid acquisition of acyclovir resistance in an immunodeficient patient with herpes simplex encephalitis

J Neurol Sci. 2018 Jan 15:384:89-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.11.024. Epub 2017 Nov 21.

¹ Institute of Medical Microbiology, Section Experimental Virology, German Consulting Laboratory for HSV and VZV, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany; Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany. Electronic address: matthias.karrasch@med.uni-jena.de.
² Institute of Medical Microbiology, Section Experimental Virology, German Consulting Laboratory for HSV and VZV, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
³ Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
⁴ Department of Neuroradiology, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
⁵ Department of Oncology and Hematology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
⁶ Hans Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.

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Keywords: Acyclovir resistance; Herpes simplex encephalitis; Immunodeficiency.

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