Rotavirus meningoencephalitis in a previously healthy child and a review of the literature

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 318-321

  Dickey, Michelle ^a   Jamison, Linda ^a   Michaud, Linda ^a   Care, Marguerite ^a   Bernstein, David I ^a   Staat, Mary Allen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system infection; Encephalitis; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS; LETHARGY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ROTAVIRUS; VIROLOGY;

BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 65649089806     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31818ddbe9     Document Type: Article

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