Open AccessHuman Herpesvirus 7-Related Acute Encephalopathy with Biphasic Seizures and Late Reduced Diffusion
Author(s) -
Garyfallia Syridou,
Ioannis Drikos,
Minas Kapetanakis,
Giorgos Vartzelis,
Elina Horefti,
Evagelia Triantafylou,
Nikolaos Bodozoglou,
Diagoras Zarganis,
Andreas Mentis,
Μαρία Τσολιά
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000002557
Subject(s) - medicine , epilepsy , encephalopathy , human herpesvirus 6 , pathology , virus , virology , viral disease , psychiatry , herpesviridae
Acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion (AESD) is a recently described entity so far exclusively in East Asian children. AESD diagnosis is based on clinicoradiologic criteria, often without pleocytic CSF and characterized by hyperglycemia and transaminasemia. Here, we present the first case of human herpesvirus 7-related AESD in an immunocompetent child >2 years old and of Caucasian origin.