Varicella zoster virus meningitis with hypoglycorrhachia in the absence of rash in an immunocompetent woman

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-208

  Habib, Ali A ^a   Gilden, Don ^b   Schmid, D Scott ^c   Safdieh, Joseph ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypoglycorrhachia; Immunocompetent; Meningitis; PCR; Varicella zoster

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; ETHAMBUTOL; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOPHOBIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DNA, VIRAL; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HEADACHE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL;

EID: 67650341516     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13550280902725550     Document Type: Article

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