Enteroviral meningitis and concurrent peripheral motor axonal polyneuropathy

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 206-208

  Dulek, Daniel E ^a,b   Donofrio, Peter D ^b   Sejvar, James J ^c   Edwards, Kathryn M ^a,b  

^a MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal polyneuropathy; Enterovirus infections; Guillain Barre syndrome; Influenza vaccines; Viral meningitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; ECHO VIRUS; ECHOVIRUS INFECTION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PERIPHERAL MOTOR AXONAL POLYNEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

CHILD; ECHOVIRUS 9; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; PARAPLEGIA; POLYNEUROPATHIES;

EID: 84858157909     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31823a0d6e     Document Type: Article

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