Ganciclovir and foscarnet dual-therapy for cytomegalovirus encephalitis: a case report and review of the literature

A Baghban, M Malinis - Journal of the neurological sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a ubiquitous herpesvirus which establishes lifelong latency
following primary infection. It is then capable of reactivating in the face of …

Mononeuritis multiplex: an uncommon neurological manifestation of cytomegalovirus reactivation in an HIV-infected patient

P Palma, A Costa, R Duro, N Neves, C Abreu… - BMC Infectious …, 2018 - Springer
Background Cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation with neurological involvement in patients
with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is increasingly rare since the introduction …

[HTML][HTML] Severe cytomegalovirus encephalitis in an immunocompetent healthy young woman: a case report

MH Mozafarybazargany, NA Khoshsirat - IDCases, 2022 - Elsevier
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) causes a mild illness in immunocompetent patients. Conversely, it
can be life-threatening in immunocompromised or critically ill patients. We present a 48-year …

Combined and alternating ganciclovir and foscarnet in acute and maintenance therapy of human immunodeficiency virus-related cytomegalovirus encephalitis …

M Peters, U Timm, D Schürmann, HD Pohlel… - The clinical …, 1992 - Springer
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) causes life-threatening disseminated infections and in particular
vision-threatening infections of the retina in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency …

Ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus encephalitis in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient

F Arslan, F Tabak, E Avşar, K Midilli, A Mert… - Journal of …, 2010 - Springer
We describe a 41-year-old patient, who upon receiving a bone marrow transplant in order to
treat chronic myeloid leukemia, developed cytomegalovirus (CNV) retinitis and encephalitis …

Encephalopathy associated with severe cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent young woman

S Tetsuka, T Suzuki, T Ogawa… - Case Reports in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Primary cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in healthy young adults is usually an asymptomatic
or mononucleosis‐like syndrome, whereas in immunocompromised patients, CMV can …

Cytomegalovirus-associated encephalomyelitis in an immunocompetent adult: a two-stage attack of direct viral and delayed immune-mediated invasions. case report

K Daida, Y Ishiguro, H Eguchi, Y Machida, N Hattori… - BMC neurology, 2016 - Springer
Background It is clinically rare to find cytomegalovirus (CMV)-associated encephalomyelitis
in immunocompetent adults. Here, we present the case of an adult patient who developed …

CNS manifestations of cytomegalovirus infections: diagnosis and treatment

M Maschke, O Kastrup, HC Diener - CNS drugs, 2002 - Springer
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection of the CNS occurs most commonly in patients with severe
immunosuppression such as those with advanced HIV infection (ie AIDS) or those who have …

Induction and maintenance therapy of cytomegalovirus central nervous system infection in HIV-infected patients

BM Anduze-Faris, AM Fillet, J Gozlan, R Lancar… - Aids, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of the foscarnet–ganciclovir combination in
induction therapy (IT) and maintenance therapy (MT) for cytomegalovirus (CMV) central …

A fatal case of cytomegalovirus ventriculoencephalitis in a mycosis fungoides patient who received multiple umbilical cord blood cell transplantations

T Matsukawa, H Goto, K Takahashi, S Asanuma… - International journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is latent in the majority of adult humans. The reactivation of
CMV causes pneumonia and gastrointestinal disease in severely immunosuppressed …