Impact of Herpes simplex virus load and red blood cells in cerebrospinal fluid upon herpes simplex meningo-encephalitis outcome

BMC Infectious Diseases

Research Article

Karen Champenois¹  Anny Dewilde²  Hugues Georges³  Hugues Melliez⁴  Eric Senneville⁴  Julien Poissy⁴  Yazdan Yazdanpanah⁵ 

[1] Equipe ATIP/Avenir INSERM U995, Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France;Laboratoire de Virologie, CHRU de Lille, France;Service de Réanimation polyvalente et des Maladies infectieuses, Centre hospitalier de Tourcoing, France;Service universitaire de Maladies infectieuses et du Voyageur, Centre hospitalier de Tourcoing, France;Service universitaire de Maladies infectieuses et du Voyageur, Centre hospitalier de Tourcoing, France;Equipe ATIP/Avenir INSERM U995, Université Lille Nord de France, Lille, France;

关键词: Herpes virus;    Prognosis;    Neurological/brain;    Viral load;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2334-12-356

 received in 2012-06-07, accepted in 2012-12-14,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundHerpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) often leads to severe disability or death. Factors usually associated with outcome include Simplified Acute Physiology Score, age and delay of initiation of acyclovir treatment.Our aim was to determine the impact of Herpes simplex virus (HSV) load in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) upon HSE outcome.MethodsWe retrospectively determined HSV load in the CSF of 43 patients with confirmed HSE, hospitalized in northern France from 1998 to 2005, using CSF samples collected the day of hospital admission and stored at −20°C. We analyzed the association between HSV load and mortality/morbidity by the Glasgow Outcome Scale. Fisher’s exact test and Wilcoxon’s test were used for statistical analysis.ResultsThe M/F sex ratio was 1.7 and median patient age was 61 years. Median HSV load in CSF was 2.0 log copies/μL (IQR 25-75=1.2-2.6). The mortality rate was 32.6% six months after HSE diagnosis. Higher age was associated with mortality (p=0.03). Longer delay in acyclovir initiation tended to be associated with higher mortality but did not reach statistical significance (p=0.08). Severe disability and death due to HSV were associated with a higher Knaus score (p=0.004), later acyclovir initiation (p=0.006), older age (p=0.04) and presence of red blood cells in CSF (p=0.05). HSV load in CSF was neither associated with mortality (p=1.00) nor with morbidity (p=0.90).ConclusionIn this study, HSV load in CSF was not found to be associated with poor outcome in patients with HSE. These data do not support measurement of HSV load at admission in patients with HSE.

【 授权许可】

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