Venezuelan equine encephalitis in a teenager visiting Central America

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 372-375

  Muñiz, Antonio E ^a  

^a Dallas Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

encephalitis; seizure; Venezuelan equine encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMMONIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORIDE; CREATININE; DIAZEPAM; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MANNITOL; PHENYTOIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADOLESCENT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL AMERICA; DIARRHEA; DISORIENTATION; ENTERITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM STAINING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENTAL HEALTH; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYALGIA; SEIZURE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS; VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BELIZE; CEFTRIAXONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, VENEZUELAN EQUINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859641924     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31824dca79     Document Type: Article

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