Symptomatic central nervous system tuberculosis and human herpesvirus-6 coinfection with associated hydrocephalus managed with endoscopic third ventriculostomy: A case report and review of human herpesvirus-6 neuropathology
The authors present this case and review the literature on HHV-6-associated CNS infections with the goal of informing the neurosurgeon about this often clinically underestimated pathogen.
Authors
- Alvaro E. Galvis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4072-7135)
- Brian W. Hanak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3155-7413)
- Nicholas Bui
- Paras Savla
Institutions
- Children's Hospital of Orange County (US)
- Loma Linda University (US)
- Riverside University Health System - Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Surgical Neurology International
- Published
- 2024-08-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25259/sni_355_2024
- Primary Topic
- Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00