Facial herpes zoster complicated by varicella zoster virus (VZV) encephalitis: The diagnostic significance of atypical lymphocytes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-167

  Cunha, Burke A ^a,b   Strollo, Stephanie ^a,b   Durie, Nicole ^a,b   Ibrahim, Mohammad S ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical lymphocytes; Cerebrospinal fluid; Herpes zoster; Varicella zoster

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LACTIC ACID; STEROID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENTEROVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FACIAL HERPES ZOSTER; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; VESICULAR RASH; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WEST NILE ENCEPHALITIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ACYCLOVIR; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; FACE; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS;

EID: 79952490006     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2010.05.059     Document Type: Article

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