Wan Nicholas, Weerakkody Sanath
Department of General Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre Bedford Park South Australia Australia.
Adelaide Medical School University of Adelaide Adelaide South Australia Australia.
Clin Case Rep. 2023 Mar 26;11(3):e7123. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7123. eCollection 2023 Mar.
Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) is the most common cause of infectious encephalitis. Our case is of a 75-year-old woman who presented with dysuria and altered mental status. Our case addresses the difficulties in diagnosis and highlights the importance of early recognition of HSE and its associated neurological sequelae.
单纯疱疹病毒性脑炎(HSE)是感染性脑炎最常见的病因。我们的病例是一位75岁女性,表现为排尿困难和精神状态改变。我们的病例阐述了诊断中的困难,并强调了早期识别HSE及其相关神经后遗症的重要性。