Case report: Detection of rotavirus RNA in the cerebrospinal fluid of a child with rotavirus gastroenteritis and meningism

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1637-1640

  Medici, Maria Cristina ^a   Abelli, Laura Anna ^a   Guerra, Paola ^a   Dodi, Icilio ^b   Dettori, Giuseppe ^a   Chezzi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Cerebrospinal fluid; Extraintestinal spread; Pathogenicity; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CREATININE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; UREA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; EPISTAXIS; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGISM; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NECK PAIN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYSTAGMUS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REHYDRATION; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTION; SOMNOLENCE; TACHYCARDIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VOMITING;

ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CAPSID PROTEINS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MENINGISM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 79960143460     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.22156     Document Type: Article

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