Neonatal herpes encephalitis: A case series and review of clinical presentation

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-40

  Toth, Cory ^a,c   Harder, Sheri ^b   Yager, Jerome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CEFOTAXIME;

APNEA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0037301490     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100002419     Document Type: Article

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