Recurrent polymorphonuclear pleocytosis with increased red blood cells caused by varicella zoster virus infection of the central nervous system. Case report and review of the literature

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 85-88

  Haug, Aaron ^a   Mahalingam, Ravi ^a   Cohrs, Randall J ^a   Schmid, D Scott ^b   Corboy, John R ^a,c   Gilden, Don ^a  

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

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Myelitis; Polymorphonuclear cells; Recurrent vasculopathy; Red blood cells; VZV

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYELITIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELL COUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949876023     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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