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Herpes simplex virus (HSV) type-2 is known to cause meningitis and usually runs a benign course. Association of such infection with vasculitis of the central nervous system is not well known. Presented here is a case initially diagnosed as aseptic meningitis that subsequently evolved as stroke and exhibited angiographic evidence of widespread vasculitis of the intracranial vessels in association with a positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for HSV-2 in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
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Joshi, P. Multiple strokes associated with herpes simplex virus type-2 infection: case report. J. Neurovirol. 22, 251–253 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13365-015-0385-4
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