Unusual onset of varicella zoster reactivation with meningoencephalitis, followed by rhabdomyolysis and renal failure in a young, immunocompetent patient

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-93

  Pirounaki, Maria ^a   Liatsos, George ^a   Elefsiniotis, Ioannis ^a   Skounakis, Michail ^a   Moulakakis, Antonios ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFTRIAXONE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; UREA; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE KIDNEY FUNCTION RELATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE PAIN; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; HEADACHE; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPHOBIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINE VOLUME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADULT; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 33847166576     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600798809     Document Type: Article

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