Unusual neurologic manifestations of varicella zoster virus infection with the absence of rash in a kidney transplant recipient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 545-547

  Assi, M ^a   Abou Antoun, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Guillain Barr ; Immunosuppression; Transplant; Varicella zoster; VZV

Indexed keywords

MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEADACHE; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETHARGY; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SYMPTOM;

ACYCLOVIR; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 80053617908     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2011.00613.x     Document Type: Letter

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