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Am J Case Rep
January 2025
Department of Neurology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
BACKGROUND Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) encephalitis is a commonly reported form of encephalitis that clinically manifests as skin lesions, fever, headache, and neuropsychiatric symptoms. We present a case of a patient with VZV encephalitis complicated by cerebral hemorrhagic transformation, characterized by high levels of inflammation and protein in the cerebrospinal fluid. The aim is to highlight the risk of hemorrhagic transformation associated with VZV encephalitis.
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October 2024
Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Waterford, Dunmore Rd, Ballynakill, Waterford, X91 ER8E, Ireland.
Background: Necrotising fasciitis is a devastating infection characterised by rapidly progressing necrotising infection of the superficial fascia with secondary necrosis of the overlying skin.
Aims: To describe the pathophysiology, differential diagnosis, and outcome in a rare case of periorbital necrotising fasciitis caused by group A β-haemolytic Streptococcus.
Methods: A 60-year-old female with insulin-dependent diabetes presented with pyrexia and bilateral peri-orbital swelling, progressing to left periorbital necrotising fasciitis.
Ann Med Surg (Lond)
September 2024
Lecturer at Damascus University, Faculty of Medicine, Damascus, Syria.
J Clin Microbiol
September 2024
Infectious Disease Diagnostics, Northwell Health Laboratories, Lake Success, New York, USA.
Neonatal herpes simplex virus (nHSV) is a devastating infection impacting approximately 14,000 newborns globally each year. Infection is associated with high neurologic morbidity and mortality, making early intervention and treatment critical. Clinical outcomes of symptomatic nHSV infections are well-studied, but little is known about the frequency of, or outcomes following, sub-clinical or asymptomatic nHSV.
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