Neurologic complications associated with influenza A in children during the 2003-2004 influenza season in Houston, Texas

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Maricich, Stephen M ^a,d   Neul, Jeffrey L ^a   Lotze, Timothy E ^a   Cazacu, Andreea C ^a   Uyeki, Timothy M ^c   Demmler, Gail J ^a   Clark, Gary D ^a,b  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d CCC 1710 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Altered mental status; Encephalopathy; Infectious complication; Seizure; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CEFUROXIME; INFLUENZA VACCINE; OSELTAMIVIR; RIMANTADINE; VANCOMYCIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUTISM; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SEASON; SEIZURE; SERUM SICKNESS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VIRUS ISOLATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; INFLUENZA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOSE MUCUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUTISM; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SEIZURES; TEXAS;

EID: 13744252411     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0143     Document Type: Review

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