Successful treatment of echovirus 27 meningoencephalitis in agammaglobulinaemia with intraventricular injection of gammaglobulin. A case report;Guérison d'une méningo-encéphalite à echovirus 27 par immunoglobulines intraventriculaires au cours d'une agammaglobulinémie. À propos d'un cas

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 130-133

  Mellouli, F ^a   Arrouji, Z ^b   Debre, M ^c   Bejaoui, M ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE GREFFE DE MOELLE OSSEUSE   (Tunisia)

^b CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Agammaglobulinemia; Child; Enterovirus infections; Meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHO VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; GAMMA-GLOBULINS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344921448     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-693X(03)00309-9     Document Type: Article

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