Encephalitis and postinfectious encephalitis

CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1271-1289

  Greenlee, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PLECONARIL;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC LEUKOENCEPHALITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALITIS; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; EMERGENCY CARE; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS 71; ENTEROVIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; ST LOUIS FLAVIVIRUS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ACYCLOVIR; ADOLESCENT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEST NILE FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872045995     PISSN: 10802371     EISSN: 15386899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.CON.0000423847.40147.06     Document Type: Review

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