Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance is better than polymerase chain reaction for early diagnosis of herpes simplex encephalitis: A case report

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 377-379

  Akyldz, Başak Nur ^a   Gümüş, Hakan ^a   Kumandaş, Sefer ^a   Coşkun, Abdülhakim ^a   Karakukuçu, Musa ^a   Yklmaz, Ali ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted MR; Herpes encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE;

ANAMNESIS; APHTHOUS ULCER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; URINE CULTURE; VITAL SIGN;

BRAIN; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66149160363     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318177a712     Document Type: Article

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