Severe postvaccinia encephalitis with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: Recovery with early intravenous immunoglobulin, high-dose steroids, and vaccinia immunoglobulin

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Van Dam, Cornelius N ^a   Syed, Samina ^c   Eron, Joseph J ^b   Ostrander, Matthew ^b   Engler, Renata J M ^d   Damon, Inger ^e   Montgomery, Jay R ^d   Tong, Suxiang ^f   Adimora, Adaora A ^b   Kahn, Kevin A ^b   Ruone, Susan ^f   Anderson, Larry ^f   Weber, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SMALLPOX VACCINE; VACCINIA ANTIBODY; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTINFECTION ENCEPHALITIS; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; SMALLPOX VACCINE; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58749107880     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596553     Document Type: Article

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