Open AccessENCEFALITIS POR VIRUS HERPES HUMANO TIPO 6 EN UNA ADOLESCENTE CON LUPUS ERITEMATOSO SISTÉMICO. PRIMER CASO REPORTADO EN EL ECUADOR.
Author(s) -
Jhaneth Guerra Vilca,
Daniel Leonardo Cruz Montesinos,
Wendy Mercedes Merizalde,
Lorena Hidalgo Jaira,
Verónica Del Pilar Villacis
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vozandes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1390-1656
DOI - 10.48018/rmv.v31.i2.16
Subject(s) - medicine , ganciclovir , paresis , headaches , virology , virus , human cytomegalovirus , surgery
The case of a fourteen-year-old patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with severe activity index and immunosuppressive treatment is described. He went to the Pediatric Emergency Department of the Carlos Andrade Marín Specialty Hospital, for presenting fever, headache, nausea, auditory hallucinations and paresis in the lower extremities. Cerebrospinal fluid was studied by Polymerase Chain Reaction, in which the presence of Human Herpes Virus type 6 or also called Roseolovirus was detected. Ganciclovir was started with a favorable clinical response in 72 hours. Conclusions: The presence of HHV-6 encephalitis should be considered in immunocompromised patients with encephalopathy and use of ganciclovir as directed therapy.