Etiology of aseptic meningitis, peripheral facial nerve palsy, and a combination of both in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 453-456

  Waespe, Nicolas ^a   Steffen, Ingrid ^b   Heininger, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Borreliosis; Herpes simplex virus; Peripheral facial nerve palsy; Tick borne encephalitis; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROVIRUS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SWITZERLAND; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 77951864589     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181c3cae6     Document Type: Article

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