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Table 3 Clinical Outcome of HSVE after Neurosurgery

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

  

Death or sequelae

Overall

 

14/26 (53.8 %)

 

Children

4/7 (57.1 %)

 

Adults

10/19 (52.6 %)

No treatmenta

 

5/5 (100.0 %)

Treatment

 

9/21 (42.9 %)

 

Initiatied ≤ 2 daysb

0/5 (0.0 %)

 

Initiated ≥ 3 daysb

8/14 (57.1 %)

  1. aidoxuridine considered as “no treatment”
  2. b2 reports excluded as timing of treatment is not indicated [5, 10]
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