{
  "abstract": "Our case describes an apparently immunocompetent patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) with a non-resolving pneumonia despite antibiotic treatment. On bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), a positive herpes simplex virus (HSV) PCR was obtained, which was left untreated because of the absence of underlying immunosuppression. However, postmortem analysis revealed a necrotising pneumonia due to massive HSV reactivation. Our case highlights the importance of HSV as a potential pathogen in the ICU, even in apparently immunocompetent individuals. Moreover, this article underscores the absence of clear guidelines in the current literature regarding HSV management in critically ill patients.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Internal medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium"
      ],
      "name": "Valentin Bovy"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Intensive care medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium"
      ],
      "name": "Alexander Wilmer"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Pathology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium"
      ],
      "name": "Gert De Hertogh"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Herpes simplex virus necrotising pneumonia in an apparently immunocompetent patient: a postmortem diagnosis",
  "uid": "c9e491f7-9857-52cb-816f-94e93085377b"
}