Acute varicella zoster encephalitis without evidence of primary vasculopathy in a case-series of 20 patients

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 808-819

  De Broucker, Thomas ^e   Mailles, Alexandra ^e   Chabrier, Stephane ^e   Morand, Patrice ^e   Stahl, Jean Paul ^e   Bebear, Cecile ^e   Brouard, Cecile ^e   Cua, Eric ^e   Dabernat, Henri ^e   Floret, Daniel ^e   Guery, Benoit ^e   Lecuit, Marc ^e   Lina, Bruno ^e   Lortholary, Olivier ^e   Michelet, Christian ^e   Pozzetto, Bruno ^e   Vaillant, Veronique ^e   Yazdanpanah, Yazdan ^e   Zeller, Herve ^e   Abboud, Philippe ^e   Alloui, Chakib ^e   Archimbaud, Christine ^e   Barroso, Bruno ^e   Bernard, Louis ^e   Beuret, Pascal ^e   Billaud, GenevieÌ€ve ^e   Blanc, Thierry ^e   Bonnard Gougeon, MicheÌ€le ^e   Boutolleau, David ^e   BretonnieÌ€re, Cedric ^e   Bressollette Bodin, Celine ^e   Bruneel, Fabrice ^e   Buisson, Marielle ^e   Caramella, Anne ^e   Castan, Bernard ^e   Cattaneo, Isabelle ^e   Cazanave, Charles ^e   Chadenat, Marie Laure ^e   Chambon, Martine ^e   Chavanet, Pascal ^e   Chouchane, Mondher ^e   Clavelou, Pierre ^e   Courant, Pierre ^e   de Brabant, Fabienne ^e   De La BlanchardieÌ€re, Arnaud ^e   De La Gastine, Geoffroy ^e   De Montclos, Henri ^e   Denes, Eric ^e   Desprez, Philippe ^e   Dewilde, Anny ^e   Dinh, Aurelien ^e   Durand, François ^e   Emeriaud, Guillaume ^e   Epaulard, Olivier ^e   Favaretto, Giovanni ^e   Ferrier, Anna ^e   Foulongne, Vincent ^e   Fourrier, François ^e   Gaday, Veronique ^e   Gaillat, Jacques ^e   Gallet, Serge ^e   Gazuy, Nicole ^e   Gouarin, Stephanie ^e   Goubin, Pascale ^e   Goudeau, Alain ^e   Gozlan, Joel ^e   Granier, Philippe ^e   Gueit, Isabelle ^e   Guihot, Amelie ^e   Guillermet, Christine ^e   Guillet Caruba, Guillet Caruba ^e   Guimard, Yves ^e   Hansmann, Yves ^e   Henquell, Cecile ^e   Herrmann, Jean Louis ^e   Honnorat, Jerome ^e   Houhou, Nadhira ^e   Jaulhac, Benoit ^e   Join Lambert, Olivier ^e   Kossorotoff, Manoelle ^e   Laudrault, Emmanuelle ^e   Laurent, Freric ^e   Laurichesse, Jean Jacques ^e   Lavoue, Sylvain ^e   Lazaro, Leila ^e   Legriel, Stephane ^e   Lesens, Olivier ^e   Level, Gérard ^e   Mace, Muriel ^e   Maisonneuve, Bénédicte ^e   Makinson, Alain ^e   Marchandin, HeleÌ€ne ^e   Martinez Almoyna, Laurent ^e   Marthelet, Patrick ^e   Martinot, Martin ^e   Massenavette, Bruno ^e   Maulin, Laurence ^e   Misset, Benoit ^e   Neuwirth, Catherine ^e   Nicot, Florence ^e   Pacanowski, Jerome ^e   Palcoux, Jean Bernard ^e   Pavese, Christophe ^e   Perpoint, Thomas ^e   Pestel Caron, Martine ^e   Pouyau, Robin ^e   Prazuck, Thierry ^e   Prendki, Virginie ^e   Rapp, Christophe ^e   Regagnon, Christel ^e   Rigal, Matthieu ^e   Roch, Nathalie ^e   Rogeaux, Olivier ^e   Rogez, Sylvie ^e   Santre, Charles ^e   Signori Schmuck, Anne ^e   Simon, Fabrice ^e   Taimi, Abdelilah ^e   Tayoro, Jérome ^e   Terral, Daniel ^e   Therby, Audrey ^e   Vuillemet, Francis ^e   more..

^a DELAFONTAINE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b French Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Imaging; Varicella zoster virus; Vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; GLUCOSE; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIFFUSE BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; DNA DETERMINATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RASH; SEIZURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 84864027071     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03705.x     Document Type: Article

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