Successful treatment of cytomegalovirus polyradiculopathy in a 9-year-old child with congenital human immunodeficiency virus infection

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-218

  Sohal, Aman ^a   Riordan, Andrew ^a   Mallewa, Mac ^a   Solomon, Tom ^b   Kneen, Rachel ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytomegalo virus; Human immunodeficiency virus; Polyradiculopathy

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUCONAZOLE; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD DEATH; COUGHING; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS LUMBOSACRAL POLYRADICULOPATHY; DEHYDRATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEARING LOSS; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERNATREMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LOOSE FECES; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALAISE; MALNUTRITION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLOR; PANCYTOPENIA; PARALYSIS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RETINITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THRUSH; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRAIN; CHILD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYRADICULOPATHY; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59649092382     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808322671     Document Type: Article

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