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Herpes simplex pericarditis in AIDS

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Viral infection is the most common cause of pericarditis in healthy young adults and is frequently associated with clinical or occult myocarditis. Although numerous viruses can infect the heart in immunologically competent individuals,1 herpes simplex virus has not been definitively identified as a cardiac pathogen.

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  1. Department of Medicine, New York University Medical Center, New York, USA

    Robin S. Freedberg MD, Aaron J. Gindea MD, Douglas T. Dieterich MD & Jeffrey B. Greene MD

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  1. The Medical Society of the State of New York, Lake Success, New York, USA

    Pascal James Imperato Jr M.D. (Chairman, AIDS Task Force) (Chairman, AIDS Task Force)

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Freedberg, R.S., Gindea, A.J., Dieterich, D.T., Greene, J.B. (1989). Herpes simplex pericarditis in AIDS. In: Imperato, P.J. (eds) Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0807-2_36

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