Meningoencephalitis with persistent parvovirus B19 infection in an apparently healthy woman

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-387

  Bonvicini, Francesca ^a   Marinacci, Ginevra ^a   Pajno, Maria Chiara ^a   Gallinella, Giorgio ^a   Musiani, Monica ^a   Zerbini, Marialuisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Div of Microbiology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREGABALIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HAND PARESTHESIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PARESTHESIA; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN;

EID: 47549097001     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589863     Document Type: Article

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