Acute encephalopathy in the immune-compromised child: Never forget toxoplasmosis

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 383-386

  Caselli, Désirée ^a   Andreoli, Elisabetta ^b   Paolicchi, Olivia ^a   Savelli, Sara ^c   Guidi, Stefano ^d   Pecile, Patrizia ^b   Aricò, Maurizio ^a  

^a Department of Pediatric Hematology Oncology ^*  (Italy)

^b Laboratorio di Microbiologia   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

brain abscess; encephalopathy; PCR; toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; CYTARABINE; ETIRACETAM; IDARUBICIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; PYRIMETHAMINE; RITUXIMAB; SULFADIAZINE; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DROWSINESS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENTEROSTOMY; EXTRACORPOREAL PHOTOPHERESIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENOME; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERREFLEXIA; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MYCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PANCYTOPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESTLESSNESS; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREMOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 84862866922     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e318257a15c     Document Type: Article

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