Reactivation of Herpesvirus in Neurosurgical Patients: Case Report

Authors

  • Yavuz Samancı Neurosurgery Department,ministry Of Health Okmeydani Education And Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Celal Iplikçioğlu Neurosurgery Department,ministry Of Health Okmeydani Education And Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Erdinç Özek Neurosurgery Department,ministry Of Health Okmeydani Education And Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Keywords:

Herpes simplex virus, brain surgery, herpetic viral reactivation

Abstract

Objective: In this study, we report our experience with post-operative herpesvirus reactivation in 4 patients who underwent surgery.

Methods and Results: We reviewed 4 patients with postoperative herpes virus infection who had undergone surgical treatment due to an intracranial pathology and taken long-term steroid therapy in our clinic between 2007-2009.

Conclusion: The results are discussed in the light of the previous literature and we conclude that long term stereoid applications can be one of the factors for herpes virus activations in some neurosurgery patients.

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Published

2009-09-30

How to Cite

1.
Samancı Y, Iplikçioğlu C, Özek E. Reactivation of Herpesvirus in Neurosurgical Patients: Case Report. J Nervous Sys Surgery [Internet]. 2009 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 Apr. 26];2(3):145-9. Available from: https://sscdergisi.org/index.php/sscd/article/view/155

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 3 (2009)

Section

Case Report