Fatal echovirus 18 leukoencephalitis in a child

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2068-2071

  Brunel, Delphine ^a   Jacques, Jérôme ^a,b   Motte, Jacques ^c   Andréoletti, Laurent ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d SERVICE DE DERMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLONAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHO VIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WHITE MATTER;

BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CAPSID PROTEINS; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 18;

EID: 34250687086     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00320-07     Document Type: Article

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