Human rabies encephalitis following bat exposure: Failure of therapeutic coma

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 557-561

  McDermid, Robert C ^a   Saxinger, Lynora ^b   Lee, Bonita ^c,d   Johnstone, Jennie ^c   Gibney, R T Noel ^e   Johnson, Marcia ^f   Bagshaw, Sean M ^e  

^a Division of Critical Care Medicine

^b Department of Medicine

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f Capital Health

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ARGININE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPLOID CELL VACCINE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; IMOGAM; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; BAT; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; MENINGITIS; MYOCLONUS; NEUROIMAGING; RABIES; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 40949146877     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.071326     Document Type: Article

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