Are Glucocorticoids Truly Effective in Improving the Clinical Prognosis of HSV-1 Encephalitis?
Despite the hormone group not obtaining the anticipated positive outcomes, potentially due to the relatively limited sample size in this study, previous case series reports have indicated that glucocorticoids, when used as an adjunct to acyclovir therapy, may enhance patient outcomes. Consequently, further extensive clinical studies involving multiple centers and larger sample sizes are warranted to investigate this matter further.
Authors
- Zhaohui Lai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1170-4658)
- Wei Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7661-4031)
- Xianghong Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5395-8165)
- Shuhua Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8500-2023)
Institutions
- Ganzhou People's Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection and Drug Resistance
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/idr.s501628
- Primary Topic
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00