Probable acute disseminated encephalomyelitis due to Haemophilus influenzae meningitis

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 388-391

  Beleza, Pedro ^a,d   Ribeiro, Manuel ^b   Pereira, João ^c   Ferreira, Carla ^c   Jordão, Maria José ^c   Almeida, Fátima ^c  

^a Sao Marcos Hospital   (Portugal)

^b Department of Neuroradiology ^*  (Portugal)

^c Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL DE BRAGA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; GLOMERULOPATHY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NECK MUSCLE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUTROPHILIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTINFECTION ENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STEROID THERAPY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULITIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; STEROIDS;

EID: 42449145557     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2008.02052.x     Document Type: Article

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