Neurologic complications of Varicella-zoster virus reactivation in a person with HIV/AIDS

AIDS Reader

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Archuleta, Sophia ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Neurologic complications; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DONEPEZIL; ETIRACETAM; HALOPERIDOL; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; QUETIAPINE; VANCOMYCIN; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISORIENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAIN; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 33846959464     PISSN: 10530894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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