B beeitchness Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Mar 6, 2012 Messages 58 Reaction score 1 Points 4,531 Pre-Medical Jun 17, 2012 #1 Advertisement - Members don't see this ad HSV1 causes encephalitis HSV2 causes meningitis (according to page 197 FA 2012) Page 199 FA 2012, under HSV2, it says it causes temporal encephalitis in the neonate. Is this correct?
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad HSV1 causes encephalitis HSV2 causes meningitis (according to page 197 FA 2012) Page 199 FA 2012, under HSV2, it says it causes temporal encephalitis in the neonate. Is this correct?
H HelpPleaseMD Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Aug 4, 2011 Messages 1,061 Reaction score 238 Points 5,226 Resident [Any Field] Jun 17, 2012 #2 Yes its correct. Upvote 0 Downvote
T teenmachinery1 Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Jun 1, 2009 Messages 1,051 Reaction score 4 Points 4,551 Medical Student Jun 17, 2012 #3 beeitchness said: HSV1 causes encephalitis HSV2 causes meningitis (according to page 197 FA 2012) Page 199 FA 2012, under HSV2, it says it causes temporal encephalitis in the neonate. Is this correct? Click to expand... Neonates get HSV-2 from their mom's genitals. That's why this makes sense. In children and adults, HSV-1 causes more temporal encephalitis than HSV-2. Also, HSV-2 causes herpes simplex meningitis more often than HSV-1. hope this helps! Upvote 0 Downvote
beeitchness said: HSV1 causes encephalitis HSV2 causes meningitis (according to page 197 FA 2012) Page 199 FA 2012, under HSV2, it says it causes temporal encephalitis in the neonate. Is this correct? Click to expand... Neonates get HSV-2 from their mom's genitals. That's why this makes sense. In children and adults, HSV-1 causes more temporal encephalitis than HSV-2. Also, HSV-2 causes herpes simplex meningitis more often than HSV-1. hope this helps!
