Management of severe rubella encephalitis requiring intensive care unit admission

Journal of Infection

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 109-111

  Bahloul, Mabrouk ^a   Chaari, Anis ^a   Ammar, Rania ^a   Medhioub, Fatma ^a   Chabchoub, Imen ^a   Karray, Hela ^a   Berrajah, Lamia ^a   Dammak, Hassen ^a   Ben Hamida, Chokri ^a   Chelly, Hedi ^a   Bouaziz, Mounir ^a  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFOTAXIME; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MANNITOL; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; LACUNAR STROKE; LETTER; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RUBELLA; RUBELLA ENCEPHALITIS; RUBELLA VIRUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SHOCK; SINUSITIS; TUNISIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RUBELLA;

EID: 84870761375     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2012.06.015     Document Type: Letter

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