Varicella zoster virus meningo-encephalo-myelitis in an immunocompetent patient

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 279-283

  Tavazzi, Eleonora ^a   Minoli, Lorenzo ^b   Ferrante, Pasquale ^c,d   Scagnelli, Paola ^b   Bue, Serena ^c   Romani, Alfredo ^a   Ravaglia, Sabrina ^a   Marchioni, Enrico ^a  

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d San Giuseppe Hospital FbF   (Italy)

Author keywords

Encephalomyelitis; Immunocompetence; Meningitis; Varicella zoster; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VALPROIC ACID; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACYCLOVIR; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53149124816     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-008-0982-6     Document Type: Article

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