Opsoclonus: An early sign of neonatal herpes encephalitis

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 356-358

  Krolczyk, Stanley ^a   Pacheco, Esperanza ^b   Valencia, Pablo ^b   Papazian, Oscar ^b   Yelin, Karina ^b   Alfonso, Israel ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPSOCLONUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038758854     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738030180050201     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Leigh RJ, Zee DS: The Neurology of Eye Movements. Philadelphia, FA Davis, 1983.
2. Gilman S, Bloedel JR, Lechtenberg R: Disorder of the Cerebellum. Philadelphia, FA Davis, 1981.
3. Lakeman FD, Whitley RJ: Diagnosis of herpes simplex encephalitis: Application of polymerase chain reaction to cerebrospinal fluid from brain-biopsied patients and correlation with disease. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Collaborative Antiviral Study Group. J Infect Dis 1995;171:857-863.
4. Puchhamer-Stockl E, Presterl E, Croy C, et al: Screening for possible failure of herpes simplex virus PCR in cerebrospinal fluid for the diagnosis of herpes simplex encephalitis. J Med Virol 2001;64:531-536.
5. Corey L, Whitley RJ, Stone EF, Mohan K: Difference between herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 neonatal encephalitis in neurological outcome. Lancet 1988;i:1-4.
6. Sarff LD, Platt LH, McCracken GH: Cerebrospinal fluid evaluation in neonates. Comparison of high risk infants with and without meningitis. J Pediatr 1976;88:473-477.
7. Davis PA, Rudd PT. Neonatal Meningitis. London, MacKeith Press, 1994.
8. Hoyt CS: Neonatal opsoclonus. J Pediatr Ophthalmol 1977;14:274-277.
9. Hoyt CS, Mousel DK, Weber AA: Transient supranuclear disturbances of gaze in healthy neonates. Am J Ophthalmol 1980;89:708-713.