Combined treatment with zidovudine, lamivudine, nelfinavir and ganciclovir in an infant with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection and cytomegalovirus encephalitis: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 382-386

  Rohrer, Tilman ^a   Rinaldi, Domenico ^a   Bubl, Reinhard ^a   Engelcke, Gabriele ^a   Di Gallo, Alain ^a   Rudin, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Antiviral therapy; Cytomegalovirus encephalitis; Human immunodeficiency virus type 1

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; LAMIVUDINE; NELFINAVIR; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DRUG MIXTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NEWBORN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0032911248     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199904000-00017     Document Type: Article

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