Treatment of West Nile virus encephalitis with intravenous immunoglobulin [1]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 759-

  Shimoni, Zvi ^a   Niven, Mark J ^a   Pitlick, Silvio ^b   Bulvik, Shlomo ^a  

^a LANIADO HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; OMR IGG AM; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LETTER; MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0034847420     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0704.017432     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Prevalence of antibodies to West Nile fever, sandfly fever Sicilian, and sandfly fever Naples viruses in healthy adults in Israel
2. Ribavirin inhibits West Nile virus replication and cytopathic effect in neural cells
3. Intravenous immunoglobulin for the prevention of infection in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: A randomized, controlled clinical trial