Childhood rubella encephalitis: Diagnosis, management, and outcome

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-53

  Chaari, Anis ^a   Bahloul, Mabrouk ^a   Berrajah, Lamia ^a   Kahla, Sahar Ben ^a   Gharbi, Nourhene ^a   Karray, Hela ^a   Bouaziz, Mounir ^a  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

diagnosis; management; outcome; rubella encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFOTAXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MANNITOL; PHENOBARBITAL; RUBELLA ANTIBODY; SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUBELLA; RUBELLA ENCEPHALITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUNISIA; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

DIAGNOSIS; MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME; RUBELLA ENCEPHALITIS;

ACYCLOVIR; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRAIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUBELLA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUNISIA;

EID: 84891785566     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073812469443     Document Type: Article

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