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Table 2 Clinical Characteristics of HSVE after Neurosurgery

From: Herpes simplex encephalitis as a complication of neurosurgical procedures: report of 3 cases and review of the literature

Age (mean; range)

32.1; 2-78

Previous HSVE history

8/26 (30.1 %)

Time-to-symptoms in days (mean; range)

7.7; 1-21

HSV-2 etiology

4/26 (15.4 %)

Time to treatment in days (mean; range)

5.8; 0-16

Death or sequelae

14/26 (53.8 %)

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