Herpetic esophagitis in a 7-year-old immunocompetent patient

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14110/20:00116037

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.csgh.info/en/article/herpetic-esophagitis-in-a-7-year-old-immunocompetent-patient-11141" target="_blank" >https://www.csgh.info/en/article/herpetic-esophagitis-in-a-7-year-old-immunocompetent-patient-11141</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14735/amgh2020233" target="_blank" >10.14735/amgh2020233</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Herpetic esophagitis in a 7-year-old immunocompetent patient

Original language description

Summary: Herpetic esophagitis is a disease diagnosed especially in immunocompromised patients. Although the disease is rare in immunocompetent individuals, the diagnosis should be considered in the presence of its acute triad of clinical symptoms - odynophagia, chest pain, and fever of unknown origin. Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) is the most common causative agent. In the majority of cases, the disease develops by re-activation of latent HSV1 infection or, rather rarely, by primo-infection. The basis of diagnosis is endoscopic examination of the esophagus with biopsy and direct detection of the virus in the bioptic sample. In immunocompromised patients, treatment with acyclovir, which is the first-line virostatic in this indication, is always indicated. In immunocompetent patients, this is a self-limiting disease, where in most cases merely symptomatic treatment is sufficient. This case report describes an immunocompetent patient with a suddenly occurring typical triad of symptoms caused by herpetic esophagitis. The diagnosis was confirmed by the presence of viral DNA as determined by polymerase chain reaction from a sample taken during endoscopic examination. Due to the more severe course of the disease, the patient was treated with acyclovir and the general condition and local endoscopic findings then quickly improved.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30209 - Paediatrics

Project

<a href="/en/project/NU20-03-00126" target="_blank" >NU20-03-00126: Host microbiome in relation to Barrett´s esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma development</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Gastroenterologie a hepatologie

ISSN

1804-7874

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

74

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

233-237

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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