Bilateral necrotizing herpetic retinopathy three years after herpes simplex encephalitis following pulse corticosteroid treatment

Retina. 1999;19(5):464-7. doi: 10.1097/00006982-199919050-00023.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acyclovir / administration & dosage
  • Acyclovir / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Viral / analysis
  • Antiviral Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Dexamethasone / administration & dosage
  • Dexamethasone / therapeutic use*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / drug therapy
  • Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / pathology
  • Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / virology*
  • Glucocorticoids / administration & dosage
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use*
  • Herpesvirus 1, Human / growth & development*
  • Herpesvirus 1, Human / immunology
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retinal Necrosis Syndrome, Acute / drug therapy
  • Retinal Necrosis Syndrome, Acute / pathology
  • Retinal Necrosis Syndrome, Acute / virology*
  • Virus Activation / drug effects*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Dexamethasone
  • Acyclovir