Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in an 87-year-old woman with Escherichia coli bloodstream infection

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-179

  Fabbian, Fabio ^a   Pala, Marco ^a   Fallica, Elisa ^a   Capone, Jay ^a   Monetti, Vincenza Cinzia ^a   Fratti, Daniela ^a   Fainardi, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli bacteremia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDEMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; LETHARGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 77952876314     PISSN: 13421751     EISSN: 14377799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10157-009-0234-y     Document Type: Article

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