PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Richard Tolulope Ibitoye
AU  - Pamela Sarkar
AU  - Satyan Rajbhandari
TI  - Pitfalls in the management of herpes simplex virus encephalitis
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2012-007081
DP  - 2012 Oct 12
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - bcr2012007081
VI  - 2012
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2012/bcr-2012-007081.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2012/bcr-2012-007081.full
AB  - We report a case of Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis (HSVE) with a fatal outcome of a patient in his 70s presenting to a local teaching hospital with fever and confusion. We highlight pertinent issues regarding diagnosis, investigation and management, and consider ways of improving clinical outcomes. Finally, we discuss the differential diagnoses of acute encephalitis and review the management of HSVE.