"Burnt out" varicella-zoster-virus encephalitis in an AIDS patient following treatment by highly active antiretroviral therapy

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 613-617

  de la Grandmaison, G L ^a   Carlier, R ^a   Chretien, F ^b   de Truchis, P ^a   Orlikowski, D ^a   Gray, F ^c  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; CD4 ANTIGEN; OXYGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DEATH; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS LOAD;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 17544376763     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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