Severe Meningoencephalitis Caused by Human Herpesvirus 6 Type B in an Immunocompetent Woman Treated with Ganciclovir | Zendy

Tobias Birnbaum | Zendy; C. S. Padovan | Zendy; Bernd Sporer | Zendy; Tobias A. Rupprecht | Zendy; H. Ausserer | Zendy; Gundula Jaeger | Zendy; HansWalter Pfister | Zendy

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Severe Meningoencephalitis Caused by Human Herpesvirus 6 Type B in an Immunocompetent Woman Treated with Ganciclovir

Author(s) -

Tobias Birnbaum,

C. S. Padovan,

Bernd Sporer,

Tobias A. Rupprecht,

H. Ausserer,

Gundula Jaeger,

HansWalter Pfister

Publication year - 2005

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 - 10.1086/427943

Subject(s) - meningoencephalitis , medicine , ganciclovir , encephalitis , human herpesvirus 6 , virology , immunocompetence , herpesviridae , immunology , viral disease , human cytomegalovirus , virus , immune system

Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), the causative agent of exanthema subitum in childhood, can also induce meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised individuals. In contrast, HHV-6 encephalitis in immunocompetent patients is rare, and the clinical syndrome not well defined. We report a case of meningoencephalitis caused by HHV-6 type B in an otherwise healthy woman.

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