Infection of the central nervous system caused by varicella zoster virus reactivation: A retrospective case series study

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Becerra, Juan Carlos Lozano ^a   Sieber, Robert ^b   Martinetti, Gladys ^c   Costa, Silvia Tschuor ^a   Meylan, Pascal ^d   Bernasconi, Enos ^a  

^a REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^c Istituto Cantonale di Microbiologia   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Epidemiology; Meningitis; Outcome; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASE STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SPEECH DISORDER; STIFF NECK; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TREATMENT DURATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 84877638247     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.01.031     Document Type: Article

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