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Incidental Detection of Human Herpesvirus-6 in Cerebrospinal Fluid Analysis: To Treat or Not to Treat?
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Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) is a ubiquitous beta herpes virus which can result in meningitis/ meningoencephalitis in humans. FilmArray meningitis/encephalitis panel (BioFire Diagnostics, Salt Lake City, UT) is employed in medical centers for the establishment of a central nervous system (CNS) infection, and HHV-6 is often positive. However, establishing HHV-6 as a cause of meningitis or encephalitis is difficult at the present time, as a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test alone does not establish the etiology of the CNS infection. HHV-6 can be transmitted in a Mendelian fashion by integrating into the human genome (ciHHV-6 or chromosomally integrated HHV-6). We present a case of a 34-week gestational age neonate in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) who tested positive for HHV-6 through a panel screening, presumably due to ciHHV-6 infection. Knowledge and understanding of this phenomenon is essential in preventing misdiagnosis of active HHV-6 infection and subsequent unnecessary antiviral treatment.
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“A positive PCR result for HHV-6 in the CSF therefore requires careful clinical correlation, as it may represent true encephalitis, clinically irrelevant reactivation, or the presence of ciHHV-6 in host cells shed into the CSF (29).”
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“We lack a specific, validated treatment for HHV-6 meningoencephalitis in immunocompetent adults, given the rarity of this condition [7], [10], [15].”
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- Authors
- Kharbat, A. F., Lakshmi-Narasimhan, M., Bhaskaran, S., & Parat, S.
- Affiliations
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Parat, Sumesh
- Venue
- Cureus
- Published
- 2022-06-03
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- e25629-e25629
- ISSN
- 2168-8184 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC9249039
- OpenAlex
- W4281619041
- Cited by
- 9
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2025: 7 · 2024: 2
- FWCI
- 1.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Cureus (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Viral-associated cancers and disorders
- Keywords
- human herpesvirus 6, chromosomal integration, meningitis, encephalitis, cerebrospinal fluid, neonatal infection, FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis panel, antiviral therapy, misdiagnosis, central nervous system infection
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