Post-infectious encephalitis in adults: Diagnosis and management

Journal of Infection

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 321-328

  Sonneville, R ^a   Klein, I ^a   de Broucker, T ^b   Wolff, M ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b DELAFONTAINE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Demyelination; Encephalitis; Post infectious; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

CHICKENPOX VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VACCINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; PREDNISONE; RABIES VACCINE; SMALLPOX VACCINE; STEROID; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA EXCHANGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349176742     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.02.011     Document Type: Review

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