herpes simplex/fatigue

A 78-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department complaining of a 1-week onset of increasing fatigue and anorexia. The patient was previously well but had a history of depression, chronic diarrhea, and hypertension. His examination was remarkable for mild fever (100.1°F). He had no acute

Unlike mucocutaneous infections, disseminated herpes simplex virus infections are rare and often fatal owing to acute liver failure (ALF). Typically, the course of the disease is rapid and the lack of specific symptoms may result in delay in diagnosis. This study reports a case of genital herpes

A 51-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of fever, general fatigue and disturbance of consciousness. Neurological findings included disturbed consciousness, stiff neck and positive Kernig's sign. He was diagnosed as having herpes simplex encephalitis with HSV-DNA in the cerebrospinal

The authors report an unusual case of herpes simplex type 2 (HSV) hepatitis which presented as part of a systemic HSV infection accompanied by disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). The patient was a 49-year-old Japanese male who three months prior to admission underwent surgical resection of

BACKGROUND Viral myocarditis presents with various symptoms, including fatal arrhythmia and cardiogenic shock, and may develop into chronic myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy in some patients. We report a case of viral myocarditis and hepatitis caused by herpes simplex virus. METHODS A

BACKGROUND An increase in circulating lymphocytes can be seen following infections such as infectious mononucleosis and pertussis, or in lymphoproliferative disorders such as acute and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Acute lymphocytic crisis following herpes simplex virus hepatitis has not been

Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) can promote beta-amyloid deposition and tau phosphorylation, demyelination or cognitive deficits relevant to Alzheimer's disease or multiple sclerosis and to many neuropsychiatric disorders with which it has been implicated. A seroprevalence much higher than disease

A 60-year-old male was admitted to our hospital complaining abdominal pain and fatigue. Complete blood count showed as follows; WBC 3,900/microliters (48% of monocytes), Hb 11.5 g/dl, Plt 0.9 x 10(4)/microliters. Marrow smears showed the presence of phagocytic histiocytes that consist 22.4% of total

Although many factors that trigger the herpes simplex virus (HSV) reactivation from latency have been reported, how HSV resides in a latent state in the normal human cornea still needs to be defined. We therefore conducted a series of studies regarding various aspects of HSV infections. To

Herpesviruses, in particular Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV) and human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6), have, for the past two decades, come under considerable scrutiny as aetiological agents of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). However, virological findings of herpesviruses in CFS have not been

The epidemiology, clinical course, diagnosis, and attempted treatments of herpes genitalis are reviewed. Herpes genitalis is an increasingly common sexually transmitted disease for which there is no effective treatment. It can occur in either sex and is mot commonly first found in patients 14 to 29

OBJECTIVE To report the preliminary results of a Phase I/II study combining radiotherapy and in situ gene therapy (adenovirus/herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene/valacyclovir) with or without hormonal therapy in the treatment of prostate cancer. METHODS Arm A: low-risk patients (T1-T2a,

BACKGROUND The annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia brings over two million people to a small confined area. Respiratory tract infection is the most common disease transmitted during this period. For most of the etiologic agents of upper respiratory tract infections, no vaccine or

Leukemia cutis develops in <4% of all acute leukemias. Concurrent acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is rare, with most cases involving lymph nodes or spleen, and no cutaneous involvement. We report the case of a 59-year-old man who presented with fever, malaise,

A 26-year-old woman presented with general fatigue, persistent fever, nuchal lymphadenitis, thrombocytopenia, and liver damage. From the bone marrow finding, we diagnosed her condition as hemophagocytic syndrome. Steroid pulse therapy, cyclosporin A treatment, and combined chemotherapy generated no