A case of atypical and fatal herpes simplex encephalitis in a severe burn patient

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 590-593

  Bordes, J ^a   Kenane, N ^a   Meaudre, E ^a   Asencio, Y ^a   Montcriol, A ^a   Prunet, B ^a   Palmier, B ^a  

^a Sainte Anne Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BURN; BURN INFECTION; BURN PATIENT; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE BURN; FATALITY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LUNG BURN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESUSCITATION; SEDATION; SEPTIC SHOCK; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; BURNS; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FATAL OUTCOME; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 63549111502     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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