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My mother had herpes simplex encephalitis and 21 days zovirax (acyclovir) antiviral is given. pcr result came negative for herpes, fever is continuous coming ?

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Not herpes: If the pcr was negative how was the diagnosis of herpes encephalitis made? Likely another source of viral encephalitis

Answered 4/5/2015

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