A Patient with Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Herpes Simplex Esophagitis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Table 1

Summary of clinical characteristics of published cases associated with eosinophilic esophagitis and herpes simplex virus esophagitis.

Author (year)	Country	Age of the patient (yr)	Sex	Immunocompromised (yes/no)	Atopy	HSV or EoE diagnosed first (or concurrently)	Reported treatment
Monsanto et al. [9]	Portugal	20	M	No	Asthma	HSV 6 weeks before	Acyclovir + PPI followed by fluticasone
Machicado et al. [8]	USA	18	M	No	Allergic rhinitis and wheat allergy	Concurrently	Acyclovir (3 days) + valacyclovir (11 days) + PPI
Zimmermann et al. [10]	Switzerland	27	F	No	Unknown	EoE 5 years before	Acyclovir + PPI followed by fluticasone
		25	F	No	Unknown	EoE	Acyclovir
		30	M	No	Unknown	EoE 6 years before	Acyclovir
		28	M	No	Asthma and allergic rhinitis	HSV 9 weeks before	None (asymptomatic and lost to follow-up)
		29	M	No	Unknown	Concurrently	Acyclovir + PPI
Iriarte Rodríguez et al. [7]	Spain	21	M	No	None	HSV 12 weeks before	Acyclovir + lidocaine