Herpes zoster-associated encephalitis in a patient undergoing capd: Case report and literature review

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-394

  Sigaloff, Kim C E ^a   de Fijter, Carola W H ^a  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acyclovir neurotoxicity; Chronic renal failure; Varicella zoster virus encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALFACALCIDOL; DEXAMETHASONE; FUROSEMIDE; INSULIN; METOPROLOL; NIFEDIPINE; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COGNITION; COMA; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEADACHE; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROTOXICITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 34547651258     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080702700403     Document Type: Article

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