Herpes Simplex Virus Lymphadenitis: Case Report and Review of the Literature | Zendy

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Herpes Simplex Virus Lymphadenitis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Author(s) -

Mallory D. Witt,

Mauro S. Torno,

Nian X. Sun,

S. Tomiko

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/323400

Subject(s) - medicine , herpes simplex virus , complication , virus , common variable immunodeficiency , hsl and hsv , herpesviridae , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral disease , immunology , dermatology , surgery , antibody

Localized or regional necrotizing lymphadenitis is an extremely uncommon manifestation of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection. We report a case of necrotizing HSV lymphadenitis in a patient with both common variable immunodeficiency and natural killer cell deficiency and review the literature on this unusual complication of HSV infection.

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