Olfactory dysfunction following herpetic meningoencephalitis

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216275%3A25520%2F10%3A39882887" target="_blank" >RIV/00216275:25520/10:39882887 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Olfactory dysfunction following herpetic meningoencephalitis

Original language description

Herpetic meningoencephalitis (HME) is a rare but often lethal herpes simplex infection. Patients who survive generally retain neurological deficits. Little information is available on degree and recovery of olfactory impairment following HME. In this retrospective case series, three patients (two women, one man) who had survived HME were tested with standardized olfactory tests (Sniffin' Sticks). In conclusion, the present findings show that olfactory function is often permanently damaged in patients who have had HME. Lesions lead to various patterns of olfactory loss. Together with histological and clinical data from the literature this suggests further that the olfactory pathway plays a major role in the spread of herpetic meningoencephalitis. It also raises the question whether the olfactory epithelium serves as an entry into the brain for other pathogens.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FF - ENT (ie. ear, nose, throat), ophthalmology, dentistry

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/1A8667" target="_blank" >1A8667: Testing olfaction with focus on workers in the chemical factory</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2010

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Neurology

ISSN

0340-5354

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

257

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000275529300021

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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