PMID- 21860905
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120203
LR  - 20190907
IS  - 1678-9849 (Electronic)
IS  - 0037-8682 (Linking)
VI  - 44
IP  - 4
DP  - 2011 Jul-Aug
TI  - Human herpesvirus 6: report of emerging pathogen in five patients with HIV/AIDS 
      and review of the literature.
PG  - 522-5
LID - S0037-86822011000400026 [pii]
AB  - The reactivation of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) in patients with AIDS can result 
      in an acute and severe diffuse meningoencephalitis. We describe the 
      epidemiological, clinical and outcome findings of five patients with diagnosis of 
      HIV/AIDS and central nervous system involvement (CNS) due to HHV-6. Fever was 
      present in all the patients. Meningeal compromise, seizures and encephalitis were 
      present in some of the patients. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of cerebrospinal 
      fluid (CSF) specimens was positive for HHV-6 in all the patients. HHV-6 should be 
      included among opportunistic and emerging pathogens that involve the CNS in 
      patients with AIDS.
FAU - Corti, Marcelo
AU  - Corti M
AD  - Hospital de Enfermidades Infecciosas Francisco Javier Muniz, Buenos Aires, 
      Argentina. marcelocorti@fibertel.com.ar
FAU - Villafane, Maria Florencia
AU  - Villafane MF
FAU - Trione, Norberto
AU  - Trione N
FAU - Mamanna, Lilia
AU  - Mamanna L
FAU - Bouzas, Belen
AU  - Bouzas B
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - Brazil
TA  - Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
JT  - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
JID - 7507456
SB  - IM
MH  - AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/cerebrospinal fluid/*virology
MH  - Adult
MH  - Communicable Diseases, Emerging/cerebrospinal fluid/*virology
MH  - Female
MH  - Herpesviridae Infections/cerebrospinal fluid/*virology
MH  - Herpesvirus 6, Human/*genetics
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Meningoencephalitis/cerebrospinal fluid/*virology
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Polymerase Chain Reaction
EDAT- 2011/08/24 06:00
MHDA- 2012/02/04 06:00
CRDT- 2011/08/24 06:00
PHST- 2010/03/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/01/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2011/08/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/08/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/02/04 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0037-86822011000400026 [pii]
AID - 10.1590/s0037-86822011000400026 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2011 Jul-Aug;44(4):522-5. doi: 
      10.1590/s0037-86822011000400026.