Key result
Early steroid therapy aids recovery in a child with HHV-6 acute necrotizing encephalopathy.
Population
1 child with acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood following human herpes virus-6 viral infection
Comparison
Early steroid therapy
Design
Case report
Authors
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May support early steroids in HHV-6 ANE; hypothesis-generating, needs prospective validation.
Case Report (n=1)
Early steroid therapy may be beneficial in acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood following HHV-6 infection.
Loni et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood (n=1). Early steroid therapy was evaluated on Recovery. Early steroid therapy led to good recovery in a child with acute necrotizing encephalopathy following human herpes virus-6 viral infection.
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