Stroke in central nervous system infections

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2008, Pages

  Carod Artal, Francisco ^a  

^a SARAH NETWORK OF REHABILITATION HOSPITALS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Infectious diseases; Neurocysticercosis; Stroke; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTEMISIN; ARTESUNATE; BENFLUMETOL; BENZNIDAZOLE; CINCHONA ALKALOID; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXYCYCLINE; NIFURTIMOX; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; QUINIDINE; QUININE; RIBAVIRIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN MALARIA; CANDIDIASIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COLOR VISION DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DENGUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSTONIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFECTION; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NEMATODIASIS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PROGNOSIS; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SNAKEBITE; STROKE; STUPOR; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THELAZIA; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPICAL DISEASE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULITIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 46949091698     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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