A fatal case of JC virus meningitis presenting with hydrocephalus in a human immunodeficiency virus-seronegative patient

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 140-147

  Agnihotri, Shruti P ^a   Wuthrich, Christian ^a   Dang, Xin ^a   Nauen, David ^b   Karimi, Reza ^c   Viscidi, Raphael ^b   Bord, Evelyn ^a   Batson, Stephanie ^a   Troncoso, Juan ^b   Koralnik, Igor J ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MIRTAZAPINE; SUCCIMER; TELMISARTAN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; AUTOPSY; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHELATION THERAPY; CHOROID PLEXUS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONFUSION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GAIT APRAXIA; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRON OVERLOAD; JC VIRUS; LETHARGY; LIMB WEAKNESS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; PANCYTOPENIA; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THRUSH; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS STRAIN; VOMITING;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; JC VIRUS; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; PANCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84904786652     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.24192     Document Type: Article

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