Anti-NMDA Receptor antibody encephalitis with concomitant detection of Varicella zoster virus

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 83, Issue , 2016, Pages 26-28

  Solís, Natalia ^a   Salazar, Lucrecia ^b   Hasbun, Rodrigo ^b  

^a San Juan de Dios Hospital   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti NMDA; Encephalitis; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; HARKOSERIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVETIRACETAM; LORAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTI N METHYL D ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONVULSION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOOD CHANGE; MYALGIA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HERPES ZOSTER;

ADULT; ANTI-N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR ENCEPHALITIS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84982181971     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2016.08.292     Document Type: Article

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