Human Herpesvirus 6 Encephalitis in Immunocompetent and Immunocompromised Hosts

Conclusions
The detection of a CSF/blood replication ratio >1 represented a specific feature of immunocompromised patients with HHV-6 encephalitis and could be of special help to establish a diagnosis of HHV-6 encephalitis in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients lacking radiologic evidence of limbic involvement.

Source: Neurology Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation - January 12, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Berzero, G., Campanini, G., Vegezzi, E., Paoletti, M., Pichiecchio, A., Simoncelli, A. M., Colombo, A. A., Bernasconi, P., Borsani, O., Di Matteo, A., Rossi, V., Foiadelli, T., Savasta, S., Compagno, F., Zecca, M., Baldanti, F., Marchioni, E. Tags: Article Source Type: research