Herpes Simplex virus type 2 myeloradiculitis with a pure motor presentation in a liver transplant recipient. Issue 1 (1st January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Abati, Elena; Gagliardi, Delia; Velardo, Daniele; Meneri, Megi; Conte, Giorgio; Cinnante, Claudia; Bresolin, Nereo; Comi, Giacomo; Corti, Stefania
• Is Part Of: Transplant infectious disease. Volume 22:Issue 1(2020)
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• Publication Date: 2020-01-01
• Subjects: ascending weakness -- Elsberg syndrome -- Herpes simplex virus type 2 -- HSV2 infection -- liver transplant -- myeloradiculitis; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc -- Complications -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 617.01
• DOI: 10.1111/tid.13236
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1398-2273

Abstract

Abstract: In this case report, we describe the first PCR‐confirmed case of HSV2 myeloradiculitis with a purely motor presentation, occurring in a 68‐year‐old liver transplant recipient. The patient reported ascending weakness with no sensory nor sphincteric symptoms, thereby resembling acute demyelinating inflammatory neuropathy, or Guillain‐Barré syndrome. HSV2 was detected in cerebrospinal fluid by PCR, and the patient was successfully treated with intravenous Acyclovir.