Central nervous system infection during immunosuppression

Neurologic Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-22

  Zunt, Joseph R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; FAMCICLOVIR; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; FOLINIC ACID; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; ISONIAZID; MALOPRIM; METHOTREXATE; PROCARBAZINE; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRIDOXINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; SULFADIAZINE; THIOTEPA; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALACICLOVIR;

ALGORITHM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JC VIRUS; MYCOSIS; PARASITOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRANSPLANTATION; TUBERCULOSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0036154622     PISSN: 07338619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8619(03)00070-7     Document Type: Review

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