Anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor encephalitis in a young child with histological evidence on brain biopsy of coexistent herpes simplex virus type 1 infection

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 347-349

  Ellul, Mark A ^a   Griffiths, Michael J ^a,b   Iyer, Anand ^b   Avula, Shivaram ^b   Defres, Sylviane ^a   Baborie, Atik ^c   Vincent, Angela ^d   Martin, Natalie G ^e   Sadarangani, Manish ^e   Pollard, Andrew J ^e   Solomon, Tom ^a,c   Kneen, Rachel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c THE WALTON CENTRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Encephalitis; Encephalopathy; Herpes simplex virus; N methyl d aspartate receptor

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CD68 ANTIGEN; CEFTRIAXONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUCOSE; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COMMON COLD; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX 1 ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPERSALIVATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTENSIVE CARE; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE; MENINGEAL BIOPSY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROREHABILITATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROFACIAL DYSKINESIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SOMNOLENCE; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TACHYCARDIA; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING; ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; GENETICS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84959202403     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000001011     Document Type: Article

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