Herpes simplex virus type I from a patient with radiculoneuropathy

JAMA. 1979 Jan 26;241(4):393-4.

Abstract

Herpes simplex virus type I was isolated from the CSF of a patient with atypical lumbosacral pain. The features of this case are unusual and important in light of the current understanding of herpes-simplex-virus-associated neurologic disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Viral / analysis
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology*
  • Herpes Simplex / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pain
  • Radiculopathy / etiology*
  • Sciatica / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Sciatica / etiology*
  • Sciatica / microbiology
  • Simplexvirus / immunology
  • Simplexvirus / isolation & purification*
  • Syndrome

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral