Herpes simplex virus lymphadenitis: case report and review of the literature.

作者信息

Witt Mallory D, Torno Mauro S, Sun Nora, Stein Tomiko

机构信息

Division of HIV Services, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90509, USA.

出版信息

Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Jan 1;34(1):1-6. doi: 10.1086/323400. Epub 2001 Nov 26.

Localized or regional necrotizing lymphadenitis is an extremely uncommon manifestation of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection. We report a case of necrotizing HSV lymphadenitis in a patient with both common variable immunodeficiency and natural killer cell deficiency and review the literature on this unusual complication of HSV infection.