The clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of encephalitis: Five years of experience at a medical center in northern Taiwan

International Journal of Gerontology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-12

  Wang, Wei Sheng ^a   Liu, Chang Pan ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

acyclovir; encephalitis; herpes simplex virus; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TAIWAN; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 79953172546     PISSN: 18739598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijge.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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