A severe neurological complication of influenza in a previously well child

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  McSwiney, Philippa ^a   Purnama, Jessica ^b   Kornberg, Andrew ^a   Danchin, Margie ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NORTHERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OSELTAMIVIR; PREDNISOLONE; PROCALCITONIN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ACUTE NECROTISING ENCEPHALOPATHY; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMMON COLD; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA A; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANBP2 GENE; REFLEX; SLURRED SPEECH; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; PARESIS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUSTRALIA; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSELTAMIVIR; PARESIS; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84919372318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-206930     Document Type: Article

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