A Rare Case of HHV-6 Encephalitis in an Immunocompetent Host: Case Report and Literature Review

• Published in: Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) Vol. 14; no. 3; p. e23007
• Main Authors: Mekheal, Erinie, Tagliaferri, Ariana R, Vasquez, Kevin S, Pjetergjoka, Rovena, Lobue, Gabrielle, Townsend, David, Leou, Konstantinos, Singhal, Monisha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Cureus Inc 09.03.2022; Cureus
• Subjects: Analgesics; Antiviral drugs; Blood tests; Case reports; Convulsions & seizures; Creatinine; Density; Disease; Encephalitis; Glucose; Immunocompetence; Infections; Infectious Disease; Internal Medicine; Laboratories; Meningitis; Metabolism; Neurology; Pediatrics; Polymerase chain reaction; Rhabdomyolysis; Stem cell transplantation; Tetrahydrocannabinol; THC; Transplants & implants; Urinalysis; Urine; Viral infections; temporal lobe epilepsy; meningoencephalitis; encephalitis; immunocompetent adult; human herpesvirus-6 (hhv-6)

Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) is a virus known for causing the highly contagious infection, roseola infantum, and has been associated with causing encephalitis in pediatric patients and less commonly in adult patients as well. Regardless of the patient's age, the primary HHV-6 infection could be...