scholarly journals Delayed Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis Misdiagnosed as Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Encephalitis With the FilmArray Syndromic Polymerase Chain Reaction Panel

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos A. Gomez ◽  
Benjamin A. Pinsky ◽  
Anne Liu ◽  
Niaz Banaei
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Tuberculous Meningitis ◽  
Delayed Diagnosis ◽  
Nucleic Acid Amplification ◽  
Herpes Simplex Virus 1 ◽  
Acute Meningitis ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Simplex Virus ◽  
Positive Results

Abstract The FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis (ME) panel is a novel syndromic, nucleic acid amplification test for diagnosis of acute meningitis and encephalitis. Emerging data on its performance are concerning for false-positive results. We present a case of tuberculous meningitis misdiagnosed as herpes simplex virus-1 encephalitis with the FilmArray ME panel. Strategies to mitigate erroneous results are discussed.

scholarly journals A Case of Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Encephalitis from a Medicolegal Point of View

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Alessandro Feola ◽  
Anna Mancuso ◽  
Mauro Arcangeli
Keyword(s):  
Herpes Simplex Virus ◽  
Herpes Simplex ◽  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Delayed Diagnosis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Diagnosis And Treatment ◽  
Medical Liability ◽  
Herpes Simplex Virus 1 ◽  
Simplex Virus

We present a case of herpes simplex virus-1 encephalitis (HSVE) and discuss the difficulty of early diagnosis and the possibility of a wrong or delayed diagnosis and treatment of this encephalitis. We show the importance of considering HSVE to pursue every case of suspicious medical liability.

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