Fatal acute varicella-zoster virus hemorrhagic meningomyelitis with necrotizing vasculitis in an HIV-infected patient

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 372-373

  Chang, Christina C ^a   McLean, Catriona ^a   Vujovic, Olga ^a   Jenney, Adam J ^a   Short, Martin ^a   Lyon, Stuart ^a   Storey, Elsdon ^b   Lewin, Sharon R ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; ACICLOVIR; ATAZANAVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; LAMIVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; PENICILLIN G; RALTEGRAVIR; RITONAVIR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; LETTER; NECROTIZING ARTERITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS; MYELITIS; SPINAL CORD; VASCULITIS;

EID: 58749091615     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595894     Document Type: Letter

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