Unilateral oropharyngeal mucosal lesions as a clue to the pathogen of encephalitis

J Neurol Sci. 2019 Feb 15:397:22-23. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.12.019. Epub 2018 Dec 15.

Authors

Takayuki Kuroda¹, Zen Kobayashi², Nobuhiro Inokuchi³, Kentaro Nakamura¹, Hitomi Michizaki¹, Yuki Katayama¹, Shoichiro Ishihara¹, Hiroyuki Tomimitsu¹, Shuzo Shintani¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, JA Toride Medical Center, 2-1-1 Hongo, Toride-shi, Ibaraki 302-0022, Japan.
² Department of Neurology, JA Toride Medical Center, 2-1-1 Hongo, Toride-shi, Ibaraki 302-0022, Japan. Electronic address: kobayashiz112@yahoo.co.jp.
³ Department of Gerodontology, JA Toride Medical Center, 2-1-1 Hongo, Toride-shi, Ibaraki 302-0022, Japan.

PMID: 30580050
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.12.019

No abstract available

Keywords: Encephalitis; Varicella Zoster Virus.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster / diagnosis*
Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster / pathology
Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster / virology
Herpesvirus 3, Human / isolation & purification*
Humans
Male
Oropharynx / pathology*
Oropharynx / virology
Virus Activation*