HSV-pneumonitis in a patient with lung cancer receiving check point inhibitors – a case report

Abstract Background Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is commonly associated with oro-facial and genital manifestations. It rarely causes encephalitis and even less commonly, in heavily immunosuppressed patients, visceral disease or bronchopneumonitis. We present a case of cytologically-proven, PCR-positiv...

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Main Authors: Johannes Sumer, Frederike Waldeck, Nadja Fischer, Christina Appenzeller, Markus Koster, Martin Früh, Werner C. Albrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:Pneumonia
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41479-020-00079-y