Acute encephalitis constitutes a medical emergency. In most cases, the presence of focal neurological signs and focal seizures will distinguish encephalitis from encephalopathy. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis is a non-infective inflammatory encephalitis that may require to be treated with steroids. Acute infective encephalitis is usually viral. Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is the com...

BACKGROUND Roughly 20% of patients in hospital have impaired kidney function. This is frequently overlooked because of the creatinine-blind range in which early stages of renal failure are often hidden. Chronic kidney disease is divided into 5 stages (CKD 1 to 5). METHODS Selective literature search. RESULTS Methotrexate, enoxaparin and metformin are examples of drugs that should no longer ...

Objective: To discuss the diagnostic, therapeutic, and evolutionary aspects of a case herpes zoster oticus associated with facial palsy in HIV conditions. Case Study: We report 32-year-old married female beautician patient admitted severe right otalgia fever that had been evolving for three days. The addition homolateral otorrhea headache was noted. initial examination on admission noted vesicu...

A-α-C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 245 (1986); Suppl. 7, 56 (1987) Acenaphthene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92, 35 (2010) Acepyrene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Data allowing for a complete environmental risk assessment of pharmaceuticals and their photoderatives in the environment are still scarce. In the present study, in vitro toxicity and both bioand photopersistence of various pharmaceuticals (aciclovir, allopurinol, cetirizine, cimetidine, fluconazole, hydrochlorothiazide, lisinopril, phenytoin, primidone, ranitidine, sotalol, sulpiride, tramadol...

A-α-C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 245 (1986); Suppl. 7, 56 (1987) Acenaphthene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92, 35 (2010) Acepyrene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Extensive reviews of pulmonary infections in AIDS have reported few herpetic infections. Generally these infections are due to Herpes simplex type 1. Pneumonia due to herpes type 2 is extremely rare. We describe a 40 year-old HIV positive woman who complained of fever, cough and dyspnea for seven years. She had signs of heart failure and the appearance of her genital vesicles was highly suggest...

In developed countries, genital herpes is, together with papillomavirus infections, among the most common sexually transmitted diseases. HSV is a dormant virus causing lifelong infection and recurring with or without clinical symptoms. Exposure to lesions and to asymptomatic viral shedding result in transmission. Thus, in most cases, finding the exact path of viral transmission is impossible. T...

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Mounsey SJ.. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-221669 Description A 79-year-old patient, with a background of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, presents with herpes zoster (HZ) affecting the left C2/3 dermatome (figure 1). Three days after initial development, a secondary diffuse vesicular papuloblistering rash developed on the trunk, resembling varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection (figure...