Profound cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis and Froin's syndrome secondary to widespread necrotizing vasculitis in an HIV-positive patient with varicella zoster virus encephalomyelitis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-218

  Kleinschmidt Demasters, B K ^a   Mahalingam, R ^a   Shimek, C ^a   Marcoux, H L ^a   Wellish, Mary ^a   Tyler, Kenneth L ^a,b   Gilden, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Encephalomyelitis; Froin's Syndrome; HIV; Pleocytosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Varicella zoster virus; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; FOSCARNET;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; SYNDROME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0032516813     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00171-3     Document Type: Article

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