Biphasic evolution of varicella-zoster virus meningoencephalitis : Diagnostic challenges

Med Mal Infect. 2020 Feb;50(1):87-89. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2019.10.016. Epub 2019 Nov 22.

Authors

F Reizine¹, C Pronier², C Lepart¹, C Grolhier², M Revest¹, V Thibault², P Tattevin³

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases and Intensive Care Unit, Pontchaillou University Hospital, rue Le Guilloux, 35033 Rennes cedex, France.
² Virology, Pontchaillou University Hospital, rue Le Guilloux, 35033 Rennes cedex, France.
³ Infectious Diseases and Intensive Care Unit, Pontchaillou University Hospital, rue Le Guilloux, 35033 Rennes cedex, France. Electronic address: pierre.tattevin@chu-rennes.fr.

PMID: 31767157
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2019.10.016

No abstract available

Keywords: Anti-VZV antibodies; Anticorps anti-VZV; Encephalitis; Encéphalite; Varicella-zoster virus; Virus varicelle-zona.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Kidney Injury / chemically induced
Acyclovir / adverse effects
Acyclovir / therapeutic use
Aged
Antibodies, Viral / blood
Antibodies, Viral / cerebrospinal fluid
Antiviral Agents / adverse effects
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Confusion / etiology*
DNA, Viral / cerebrospinal fluid
Diagnosis, Differential
Encephalitis / diagnosis
Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster / cerebrospinal fluid
Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster / diagnosis*
Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster / diagnostic imaging
Exanthema / etiology
Hashimoto Disease / diagnosis
Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus / complications
Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus / drug therapy
Herpesvirus 3, Human / immunology
Herpesvirus 3, Human / isolation & purification
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Meningoencephalitis / cerebrospinal fluid
Meningoencephalitis / diagnosis*
Meningoencephalitis / diagnostic imaging
Meningoencephalitis / virology
Neuroimaging
Recurrence

Substances

Antibodies, Viral
Antiviral Agents
DNA, Viral
Acyclovir

Supplementary concepts

Hashimoto's encephalitis