Atypical presentation of varicella-zoster virus encephalitis in an immunocompetent adult

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-66

  Mpaka, Maria ^a   Karantanas, Apostolos H ^b   Zakynthinos, Epaminondas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; SULTAMICILLIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ACYCLOVIR; AGED; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 38149094923     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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