HHV-6 infection in a case of an infant with fever, seizures, and shock

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 153-155

  Thrasher, Amy N ^a   Chusid, Michael J ^a   Jacobson, Richard D ^a   St Clair, Nicole E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; DIAZEPAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE SULFATE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DECREASED APPETITE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPTIC STATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SHOCK; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; URINE CULTURE; VOMITING;

ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEIZURES; SHOCK;

EID: 77956249001     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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