Encephalitis lethargica following Bartonella henselae infection [9]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 546-547

  Brenneis, Christian ^a   Scherfler, Christoph ^a   Engelhardt, Klaus ^a   Helbok, Raimund ^a   Brössner, Gregor ^a   Beer, Ronny ^a   Lackner, Peter ^a   Walder, Gernot ^a   Pfausler, Bettina ^a   Schmutzhard, Erich ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVODOPA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; N [(1 ETHYL 2 PYRROLIDINYL)METHYL] 3 IODO 6 METHOXYSALICYLAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RICKETTSIOSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 34249015265     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0319-4     Document Type: Letter

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