Diagnosis, management and post-mortem findings of a human case of rabies imported into the United Kingdom from India: A case report

Virology Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pathak, Smriti ^a   Horton, Daniel L ^b   Lucas, Sebastian ^a,f   Brown, David ^c   Quaderi, Shumonta ^a   Polhill, Sara ^a   Walker, David ^a   Nastouli, Eleni ^a   Núñez, Alejandro ^b   Wise, Emma L ^b   Fooks, Anthony R ^b,d   Brown, Michael ^a,e  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Milwaukee protocol; Rabies

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMANTADINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARGIPRESSIN; ASCORBIC ACID; ATRACURIUM BESILATE; ATROPINE; BICARBONATE; CREATININE; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; FLUDROCORTISONE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOPRENALINE; KETAMINE; NIMODIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PROPOFOL; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SAPROPOETIN; SODIUM; TRAMADOL; UBIDECARENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; AGITATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTOPSY; BITE WOUND; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONFUSION; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; DOG BITE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEART BLOCK; HEART OUTPUT MEASUREMENT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMOFILTRATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBIA; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXEMIA; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURITIS; NEUTROPHILIA; PARALYSIS; PHOBIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SEDATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINE VOLUME;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; DOGS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RNA, VIRAL; TRAVEL;

EID: 84898421207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-11-63     Document Type: Article

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