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Herpes Simplex Virus

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Herpes Simplex Virus, Simplexvirus, Elsberg Syndrome

  • See Also
  1. Herpes Virus
  2. Oral Herpes
  3. Genital Herpes
  4. Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus
  5. HSV Test
  • Types
  1. Oral Herpes
  2. Genital Herpes
  3. Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus
  • Complications
  1. Herpes Keratitis (Corneal infection)
  2. Herpetic Whitlow (painful vesicular lesions on fingers)
  3. Herpetic sycosis (beard area vesicular eruption)
  4. Herpes gladiatorum (vesicular lesions typically on torso with history of wrestling exposure)
  5. Erythema Multiforme (HSV is the most common cause)
  6. HSV Encephalitis
  7. Elsberg Syndrome
    1. See Myelitis
    2. Bilateral lumbosacral radiculitis with lower cord Myelitis due to HSV 2 reactivation
    3. Savoldi (2017) Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroimflamm 4(4): e355 -PMID: 28534040 [PubMed]
  • Labs
  • Diagnosis
  1. See HSV Test
  • References
  1. Colgan (2003) Am Fam Physician 67(4):757-62 [PubMed]
  2. Usatine (2010) Am Fam Physician 82(9):1075-82 [PubMed]