Journal article
Overwhelming Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection in a Patient With Severe Burn Injury: Case Report and Literature Review
Journal of burn care & research, Vol.31(3), pp.492-498
05/01/2010
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181db51cb
PMID: 20453737
Abstract
Viral-mediated organ disease is an infrequent but recognized complication of severe burn injury. This occurs primarily because of herpes family viruses such as cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus (HSV), and Epstein-Barr virus given their ability to establish lifelong latency after primary infection and reactivate in the setting of altered immune function. In this report, we describe a severely burned patient who succumbed to fulminant HSV-2 pneumonitis and hepatitis, and summarize the existing literature on HSV infections in this unique patient population. To our knowledge, this is the first report of disseminated visceral HSV-2 infection in a burn patient in the medical literature. (J Burn Care Res 2010; 31: 492-498)
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Overwhelming Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection in a Patient With Severe Burn Injury: Case Report and Literature Review
- Creators
- Amanda Peppercorn - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillLindsay Veit - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillCarlie Sigel - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterDavid J. Weber - University of North Carolina Health CareSamuel Jones - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillBruce A. Cairns - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of burn care & research, Vol.31(3), pp.492-498
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- DOI
- 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181db51cb
- PMID
- 20453737
- ISSN
- 1559-047X
- eISSN
- 1559-0488
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2010
- Academic Unit
- Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984755386102771
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