Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection is the leading cause of genital lesions. Infrequently HSV-2 primary infection can spread and involve other tissue and organs, however in immunocompetent individuals extra-genital complications are rare findings. In this report we present a fatal case of fulminant myocarditis and terminal liver involvement, caused by HSV-2 infection, with a unique presentation. Diagnosis was made only post-mortem.

Fatal fulminant HSV-2 myocarditis: A complicated presentation / Colombo, D.; Albore, M.; Nonno, F. D.; Bolino, G.; D'Ambrosio, M.; Salvi, A.; Cecannecchia, C.; Falasca, L.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. - ISSN 1201-9712. - 114:(2022), pp. 124-127. [10.1016/j.ijid.2021.10.046]

Fatal fulminant HSV-2 myocarditis: A complicated presentation

Albore M.;Cecannecchia C.;Falasca L.
2022

Abstract

Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infection is the leading cause of genital lesions. Infrequently HSV-2 primary infection can spread and involve other tissue and organs, however in immunocompetent individuals extra-genital complications are rare findings. In this report we present a fatal case of fulminant myocarditis and terminal liver involvement, caused by HSV-2 infection, with a unique presentation. Diagnosis was made only post-mortem.
2022
Autopsy; Fulminant Myocarditis; HSV-2; Pathology; Viral Infection
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Fatal fulminant HSV-2 myocarditis: A complicated presentation / Colombo, D.; Albore, M.; Nonno, F. D.; Bolino, G.; D'Ambrosio, M.; Salvi, A.; Cecannecchia, C.; Falasca, L.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. - ISSN 1201-9712. - 114:(2022), pp. 124-127. [10.1016/j.ijid.2021.10.046]
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