West Nile virus encephalitis infection in a heart transplant recipient: A case report

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 621-623

  Bragin Sánchez, David ^a   Chang, Patricia P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; GANCICLOVIR; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INSULIN GLARGINE; METRONIDAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; SIMVASTATIN; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APNEA; ARBOVIRUS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FATALITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PANCYTOPENIA; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS EXAMINATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 18844375122     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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