Possible Central Nervous System Infection by SARS Coronavirus

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 342-344

  Lau, Kwok Kwong ^a   Yu, Wai Cho ^a   Chu, Chung Ming ^b   Lau, Suet Ting ^a   Sheng, Bun ^a   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^c  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEPSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 0842325665     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1002.030638     Document Type: Article

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