TY - JOUR
T1 - A young patient of acute encephalitis complicated with acyclovir encephalopathy without renal dysfunction
AU - Tomori, Koji
AU - Isozumi, Kazuo
AU - Motohashi, Sachiko
AU - Komatsumoto, Satoru
AU - Fukuuchi, Yasuo
PY - 2003/8
Y1 - 2003/8
N2 - A previously healthy 30-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of impaired consciousness after convulsion. A temporary diagnosis of herpes simplex encephalitis was made, and intravenous acyclovir (ACV) therapy (250mg four times daily in normal saline over 2 hours) was started. Three days later, she became confused, and was having hallucinations, dysarthria and generalized painful seizures occurred without focal neurologic deficit. Whether the neuropsychiatric symptoms were related to herpes simplex encephalitis or acyclovir neurotoxity was initially unclear. The brain MRI and lumbar puncuture findings were initially normal, but abnormal FLAIR lesions appeared later. ACV-associated encephalopathy was considered. ACV was discontinued, and she recovered from the neurological disorder within 24 hours. Although blood levels of acyclovir were not determined, it is unlikely that they were in a toxic range, in view of her normal renal function.
AB - A previously healthy 30-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of impaired consciousness after convulsion. A temporary diagnosis of herpes simplex encephalitis was made, and intravenous acyclovir (ACV) therapy (250mg four times daily in normal saline over 2 hours) was started. Three days later, she became confused, and was having hallucinations, dysarthria and generalized painful seizures occurred without focal neurologic deficit. Whether the neuropsychiatric symptoms were related to herpes simplex encephalitis or acyclovir neurotoxity was initially unclear. The brain MRI and lumbar puncuture findings were initially normal, but abnormal FLAIR lesions appeared later. ACV-associated encephalopathy was considered. ACV was discontinued, and she recovered from the neurological disorder within 24 hours. Although blood levels of acyclovir were not determined, it is unlikely that they were in a toxic range, in view of her normal renal function.
KW - Acyclovir encephalopathy
KW - Neuropsychiatric symptoms
KW - Viral encephalitis
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M3 - Article
C2 - 14658398
AN - SCOPUS:0242493020
SN - 0009-918X
VL - 43
SP - 470
EP - 476
JO - Clinical Neurology
JF - Clinical Neurology
IS - 8
ER -