Acute encephalopathy preceding Shigella infection

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 384-385

  Somech, Raz ^a   Leitner, Yael ^a   Spirer, Zvi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute encephalopathy; Children; Diarrhea; Shigella; Stool culture

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENTEROPATHY; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANTILE HYPOTONIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; SOMNOLENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0035718810     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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