Herpes zoster oticus associated with varicella zoster virus encephalitis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 628-630

  Eskiizmir, Görkem ^a   Uz, Uzdan ^a   Taşkiran, Esra ^a   Ürdü, Halis ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Herpes zoster oticus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXTRAN; VIRUS DNA;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; HEADACHE; HEMIFACIAL ATROPHY; OTALGIA; TINNITUS;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; DEXTRANS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EARACHE; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; FACIAL HEMIATROPHY; HEADACHE; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMANS; MALE; TINNITUS;

EID: 65249103901     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20111     Document Type: Article

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