Prolonged acyclovir treatment in a child with opercular syndrome related to herpes simplex encephalitis

Karli A., Sensoy G., Tekin E., Sofuoglu A. I., Ceyhan Bilgici M. N., Ozyurek H.

JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH, cilt.10, sa.2, ss.232-234, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jiph.2016.06.010
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.232-234
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Encephalitis, Opercular syndrome, Acyclovir, RELAPSE
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

HSV 1 encephalitis is the most common cause of sporadic and focal viral encephalitis. Opercular syndrome is characterized by swallowing and speech difficulties which are associated with deterioration of voluntary control of face, pharynx, tongue and chewing muscles. It can be developed in patients with Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE). Here, a twelve-year-old boy who was diagnosed with HSE and Opercular syndrome, is presented. The patient recovered without sequela as a result of 30 days of intravenous and 10 days of oral acyclovir treatment. It might be important as well, to personalize and elongate the treatment in terms of prognosis. (C) 2016 King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. Published by Elsevier Limited. All rights reserved.