A fatal course of neonatal meningo-encephalitis

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-94

  van den Berg van de Glind, Gretha J ^a   de Vries, Jutte J C ^a   Wolthers, Katja C ^b   Wiggers de Bruine, Francisca T ^a   Peeters Scholte, Cacha M P C D ^a   van den Hende, Muriel ^a   van Wezel Meijler, Gerda ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Echovirus 6; Encephalitis; Enterovirus; IVIG; Neonate; Pleconaril

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CYANOSIS; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; ECHO VIRUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; LETHARGY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEIZURE; SEROLOGY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRAIN; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84865154525     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.05.004     Document Type: Note

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