Central nervous system infections caused by varicella-zoster virus

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 529-532

  Chamizo, Francisco J ^a   Gilarranz, Raúl ^a   Hernández, Melisa ^a   Ramos, Diana ^a   Pena, María José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebellitis; Meningitis; Meningoencephalitis; Ramsay Hunt syndrome; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMSAY HUNT SYNDROME; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; VIRUS DETECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CRANIAL NERVE; DRUG EFFECTS; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CRANIAL NERVES; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 84954322413     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: 15382443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13365-016-0422-y     Document Type: Article

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