Varicella zoster virus encephalitis in a previously healthy five-year-old child with herpes zoster ophthalmicus [2]

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 476-477

  Ofek Shlomai, Noa ^a   Averbuch, Diana ^a   Wolf, Dana G ^a   Engelhard, Dan ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 18644373849     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000160989.09263.54     Document Type: Letter

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