A case of herpetic meningoencephalitis associated with massive intracerebral hemorrhage during acyclovir treatment: A rare complication

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-176

  Fukushima, Yutaka ^a   Tsuchimochi, Hirohito ^a   Hashimoto, Masanori ^a   Yubi, Tomohiro ^a   Nakajima, Yutaka ^a   Fukushima, Takeo ^b   Inoue, Tooru ^b  

^a FUKUOKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACR therapy; Complication; Herpes meningoencephalitis; Massive intracerebral hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL RUPTURE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 77349092571     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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