Atypical rabies encephalitis in a six-year-old boy: Clinical, radiological, and laboratory findings

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages e1-e3

  Karande, Sunil ^a   Muranjan, Mamta ^a   Mani, Reeta Sfubramaniam ^b   Anand, Ashwini Manoor ^b   Amoghimath, Raghavendraswami ^a   Sankhe, Shilpa ^a   Belludi, Ashwin Yajaman ^b   Madhusudana, Shampur Narayan ^b  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Rabies; Rabies atypical manifestations; Rabies diagnosis; Rabies survivor

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BACLOFEN; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MANNITOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL; VALPROIC ACID;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BITE WOUND; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG BITE; DYSTONIA; FEVER; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INDIA; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NOSE FEEDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SPEECH DISORDER; SPLINTING; STRAY DOG; TENDON REFLEX; TONIC SEIZURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VOMITING; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; COMPLICATION; DOG; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; DOGS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HUMANS; MALE; RABIES;

EID: 84931271721     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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