Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following seasonal influenza vaccination in an elderly patient

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1485-1486

  Machicado, Jorge D ^a   Bhagya Rao, Bhavana ^a   Davogustto, Giovanni ^a   McKelvy, Brandy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFTRIAXONE; CREATININE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BABINSKI REFLEX; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EYE PAIN; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; VACCINATION; WEAKNESS; WHITE MATTER LESION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA EXCHANGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884688580     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00307-13     Document Type: Article

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