Human pegivirus identified in severe myelitis and optic neuritis in immunocompromised patients: A pathogenic role for a forgotten virus?
Immunosuppression
Myelitis
Optic neuritis
Pegivirus
Transplant
Journal
Revue neurologique
ISSN: 0035-3787
Titre abrégé: Rev Neurol (Paris)
Pays: France
ID NLM: 2984779R
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2023
Apr 2023
Historique:
received:
05
01
2022
revised:
11
05
2022
accepted:
08
06
2022
medline:
11
4
2023
pubmed:
28
10
2022
entrez:
27
10
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The role of Human pegivirus (HPgV) in patients with encephalitis has been recently questioned. We present cases of 4 patients with similar clinical, biological, and radiological characteristics, including a past history of transplantation with long-term immunosuppression and a progressive course of severe and predominantly myelitis, associated in 3 cases with optic neuropathy causing blindness. Extensive workup was negative but analysis of the CSF by use of pan-microorganism DNA- and RNA-based shotgun metagenomics was positive for HPgV. This case series further supports the hypothesis of HPgV CNS infection and highlights the utility of metagenomic next-generation sequencing of CSF in immunocompromised patients.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36302709
pii: S0035-3787(22)00741-X
doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2022.06.011
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
361-367Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.