Open AccessHERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS REACTIVATION AFTER SUBTOTAL HEMISPHERECTOMY IN A PEDIATRIC PATIENT
Author(s) -
Tracie Gong,
William Bingaman,
Lara DanzigerIsakov,
Ingrid Tuxhorn,
Johanna Goldfarb
Publication year - 2010
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.0b013e3181ecc4b4
Subject(s) - hemispherectomy , toddler , encephalitis , medicine , herpes simplex virus , complication , epilepsy , cerebrospinal fluid , pediatrics , surgery , virology , virus , psychology , pathology , psychiatry , developmental psychology
We report herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) in a toddler after a subtotal hemispherectomy for seizures related to HSE 16 months earlier. Herpes simplex virus reactivation in the cerebrospinal fluid shortly after treatment of HSE has been described, but is extremely rare in other situations. HSE reactivation is a potential complication of epilepsy surgery after HSE in children.