Varicella-Zoster Virus Encephalitis with Hyponatremia in an Immunocompetent Elderly Patient:A Case Report  

作　　者：Luxuan Yang Wenyong Zhang Xiujuan Shen Meiqi Liu Dan Xiao 

机构地区：[1]Department of Infection Disease,Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University(The Affiliated Infectious Diseases Hospital of Soochow University),Suzhou 215000,Jiangsu Province,China

出　　处：《Journal of Clinical and Nursing Research》2024年第9期53-58,共6页临床护理研究（英文）

摘　　要：As a common cause of viral encephalitis,varicella-zoster virus(VZV)may invade the central nervous system of immunosuppressed patients during reactivation.Herein,we report a rare case of an immunocompetent patient with VZV encephalitis who developed severe hyponatremia and was considered to have a suspected primary infection.The patient was diagnosed with the support of second-generation sequencing and had persistent hyponatremia after being cured.Although rare,this case suggests that VZV encephalitis may occur in unexpected patients and present with unusual clinical manifestations,requiring advanced detection methods and clinical expertise for resolution.

关 键 词：Varicella-zoster virus encephalitis IMMUNOCOMPETENT HYPONATREMIA 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]